Confucianism Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Filial piety==== [[File:尝粪心忧.JPG|thumb|Fourteenth of ''[[The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars]]'']] {{Main|Filial piety}} In Confucian philosophy, {{zht|c=孝|p=xiào|tr=filial piety}} is a virtue of respect for one's parents and ancestors, and of the hierarchies within society: father–son, elder–junior and male–female.{{sfnb|Feuchtwang|2016|p=146}} The Confucian classic ''[[Classic of Filial Piety|Xiaojing]]'' ("Book of Piety"), thought to be written during the Qin or Han dynasties, has historically been the authoritative source on the Confucian tenet of ''xiao''. The book, a conversation between Confucius and his disciple [[Zeng Shen]], is about how to set up a good society using the principle of ''xiao''.<ref name="Chang">{{Cite book |last1=Wonsuk Chang |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_UC1mvUKaU8C&pg=PA68 |title=Confucianism in Context: Classic Philosophy and Contemporary Issues, East Asia and Beyond |last2=Leah Kalmanson |publisher=SUNY Press |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-4384-3191-8 |page=68}}</ref> In more general terms, filial piety means to be good to one's parents; to take care of one's parents; to engage in good conduct not just towards parents but also outside the home so as to bring a good name to one's parents and ancestors; to perform the duties of one's job well so as to obtain the material means to support parents as well as carry out sacrifices to the ancestors; not be rebellious; show love, respect and support; the wife in filial piety must obey her husband absolutely and take care of the whole family wholeheartedly. display courtesy; ensure male heirs, uphold fraternity among brothers; wisely advise one's parents, including dissuading them from moral unrighteousness, for blindly following the parents' wishes is not considered to be ''xiao''; display sorrow for their sickness and death; and carry out [[sacrifice]]s after their death. Filial piety is considered a key virtue in Chinese culture, and it is the main concern of a large number of stories. One of the most famous collections of such stories is "[[The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars]]". These stories depict how children exercised their filial piety in the past. While China has always had a diversity of religious beliefs, filial piety has been common to almost all of them; historian Hugh D.R. Baker calls respect for the family the only element common to almost all Chinese believers.<ref>Baker, Hugh D.R. ''Chinese Family and Kinship''. New York: Columbia University Press, 1979. p. 98</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page