Classic of Filial Piety

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Classic of Filial Piety
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Niu Shuyu's frontispiece of The Classic of Filial Piety (1826)
Author(trad.) Confucius
Publishedc. 4th century BC

資於事父以事母,而愛同;資於事父以事君,而敬同。
As they serve their fathers, so they serve their mothers, and they love them equally. As they serve their fathers, so they serve their rulers, and they reverence them equally.

Influence

The Classic of Filial Piety occupied an important position in classical education as one of the most popular foundational texts through to late imperial China. [5] The text was used in elementary and moral education together with the Analects , Elementary Learning, and the Biographies of Exemplary Women . [6] Study of the text was also mentioned in epitaphs as an indication of a person's good character. It was a practice to read aloud the text when mourning one's parents. The text was also important politically, partly because filial piety was both a means of demonstrating moral virtue and entering officialdom for those with family connections to the imperial court. [7] The text was important in Neo-Confucianism and was quoted by the influential Song figure and Neo-Confucian philosopher Zhu Xi.

Translations

Many Japanese translations of the Xiaojing exist. The following are the primary Western language translations.

See also

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References

Citations

  1. Wiktionary: Appendix:Baxter-Sagart Old Chinese reconstruction
  2. Ebrey, Patricia Buckley (1993). Chinese civilization : a sourcebook (2nd ed.). New York: The Free Press. pp.  64. ISBN   002908752X. OCLC   27226697.
  3. "Li Gonglin. The Classic of Filial Piety". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Classic of Filial Piety, composed between 350 and 200 B.C., teaches a simple but all-embracing lesson: beginning humbly at home, filial piety not only ensures success in a man's life but also brings peace and harmony to the world at large.
  4. Legge, James. "The Classic of Filial Piety 《孝經》". Chinese Notes. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  5. Lu (2017), p. 268.
  6. Lu (2017), p. 272.
  7. Lu (2017), pp. 273–277.

Works cited

  • Barnhart, Richard (1993). Li Kung-lin's Classic of Filial Piety. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN   0870996797.
  • Boltz, William (1993). "Hsiao ching 孝經". In Loewe, Michael (ed.). Early Chinese Texts: A Bibliographical Guide . Berkeley, CA: Society for the Study of Early China; Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California Berkeley. pp.  141–52. ISBN   1-55729-043-1.
  • Chen, Ivan (1908). The Book of Filial Duty. London: John Murray.
  • Lu, Miaw-Fen (2017). "The Reception of the Classic of Fillial Piety from Medieval to Late Imperial China". In Goldin, Paul R (ed.). A Concise Companion to Confucius. Oxford: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 268–285. ISBN   9781118783832.
  • Rosemont, Henry Jr.; Roger T. Ames (2009). The Chinese Classic of Family Reverence: a Philosophical Translation of the Xiaojing. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press. ISBN   978-0824833480.
Classic of Filial Piety
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"Xiàojīng" in—from top to bottom—seal script and traditional and simplified characters