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The Book of Filial Duty: The Doctrine of Filial Duty: Chapter I: The Meaning of Filial Duty

Confucian Filial PietyHsiao ChingWisdom of the East Series

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THE MEANING OF FILIAL DUTY Once upon a time Confucius was sitting in his study, having his disciple Tsêng Ts’an to attend upon him. He asked Tsêng Ts’an: "Do you know by what virtue and power the good Emperors of old made the world peaceful, the people to live in harmony with one another, the inferior contented under the control of their superiors?" To this Tsêng Ts’an, rising from his seat, replied: "I do not know this, for I am not clever." Then said Confucius: "The duty of children to their…

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