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The Book of Filial Duty: Chapter IV: The Filial Duty of High Officers

Confucian Filial PietyHsiao ChingWisdom of the East Series

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THE FILIAL DUTY OF HIGH OFFICERS If we do not put on such dress as our good Emperors of old would forbid, if we do not speak such words as they would forbid, and if we do not behave ourselves in such a way as they would forbid, then we shall be always right in what we say and what we do. If so, then nobody will be able to find fault with our words or with our deeds, and therefore we shall be able to keep our family from being visited with any serious misfortune, and to offer sacrifices to our…

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