1. britannica.com

    Jan 24, 2025xiao, in Confucianism, the attitude of obedience, devotion, and care toward one's parents and elder family members that is the basis of individual moral conduct and social harmony. Xiao consists in putting the needs of parents and family elders over self, spouse, and children, deferring to parents' judgment, and observing toward them the prescribed behavioral proprieties (li).
    Author:The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  2. en.wikisource.org

    Mêng Wu Po [6] asked for a definition of filial piety. The Master said: There is filial piety when parents are spared all anxiety about their children except when they happen to fall sick. [7] Tzǔ Yu put a question on the subject of filial piety. The Master said: The filial piety of to-day reduces itself to the mere question of maintenance.
  3. sacred-texts.com

    "Tsang-Tsze said, 'There are three degrees of filial piety. The. p. 160. highest is being a credit to our parents; the next is not disgracing them; and the lowest is merely being able to support them.'" (Li Ki, bk. xxi., sect. ii., 9.) Thus in the "Li Ki" the nature of filial piety toward living parents is indicated.
  4. confucius-1.com

    To a query of Mang Wu respecting filial piety, the Master replied, "Parents ought to bear but one trouble—that of their own sickness." To a like question put by Tsz-yu, his reply was this: "The filial piety of the present day simply means the being able to support one's parents—which extends even to the case of dogs and horses, all of which ...
  5. Filial Piety. Filial piety, filiality, or filial devotion (xiào, 孝) is considered among the greatest of virtues and must be shown towards both the living and the dead. The term "filial", meaning "of a child", denotes the respect and obedience that a child, originally a son, should show to his parents, especially to his father.
  6. voicesfromantiquity.wordpress.com

    For a Westerner and westernized Asian, there is no greater stumbling block to Confucian thinking than the centrality of xiao, or "filial piety."All the passages about self-reflection, learning, and putting virtue above power or profit are attractive and beneficial to everyone, but the regular exhortations to xiao are both strange and off-putting to someone brought up in a society that ...
  7. coursesidekick.com

    Nov 20, 2023Confucius 1.11. When a person's father is still living, pay attention to his intentions; after he has passed away, pay attention to his behavior. He may be referred to as a filial son if, for three years, he does not depart from his father's ways. Honoring one's elders, particularly parents, was something Confucius strongly advocated. For Confucius, mourning for parents was a significant ritual.
  8. human.libretexts.org

    Mar 31, 2023Mang Wu asked what filial piety was. The Master said, "Parents are anxious lest their children should be sick." Tsze-yu asked what filial piety was. The Master said, "The filial piety nowadays means the support of one's parents.
  9. plato.stanford.edu

    This section examines Confucius's social and political philosophy, beginning with the central role of his analysis of the traditional norm of filial piety. Just as Confucius analyzed the psychology of ritual performance and related it to individual moral development, his discussion of filial piety was another example of the development and ...
  10. coursehero.com

    Oct 20, 2024P a g e | 5 3.26 The Master said: "Authority without generosity, ceremony without reverence, mourning without grief—these, I cannot bear to contemplate." C HAPTER 4 4.1 The Master said: "It is beautiful to live amidst humanity. To choose a dwelling place destitute of humanity is hardly wise." 4.2 The Master said: "A man without humanity cannot long bear adversity and cannot long ...

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