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The Book of Filial Duty: The Twenty-Four Examples: No. I: The Filial Piety that influenced Heaven

Confucian Filial PietyHsiao ChingWisdom of the East Series

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The Filial Piety that influenced Heaven Yü Shun, the son of Ku Sou, had an exceedingly filial disposition; his father, however, was stupid, his mother perverse, and his younger brother, Hsiang, very conceited. His actions are related in the Shang Shu, in the Chung Yung, and in the works of Mencius. Those who speak of him say that Shun cultivated the hills of Li (in the province of Shansi), where he had elephants to plough his fields and birds to weed the grain.

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