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The Book of Filial Duty: No. XXIV: He watched by his Mother's Bedside

Confucian Filial PietyHsiao ChingWisdom of the East Series

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He watched by his Mother's Bedside In the Yüan-yu period of the Sung dynasty, Huang T‘ing-chien filled the office of prefect. [paragraph continues] He was of a very filial disposition, and although honourable and renowned, yet he received his mother's commands with the utmost deference. When his mother was seized with illness, he watched her for a whole year without leaving her bedside or even taking off his clothes; and at her death he mourned so bitterly that he himself fell ill and nearly…

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