Filial piety

from childhood. The lamb kneels the breast mainly describes the cubs kneeling drink the breast milk. They all are about the filial piety from the children, and they all touch my heart actually. Indeed, as the opinion of this article expressed, youth’s first duty is reverence to parents. So the lark buried her dead father in her own head. There is an old saying, filial piety is the foundation of all virtues. Honoring parents is a traditional custom in China and it’s our bounden duty. A few months…

placed an importance on filial piety through the five relationships. The son along with his wife are expected to take care of the son’s elderly parents after retirement. This Chinese virtue has now become a law because of the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Elderly People act instituted in 2013. This modern Chinese law demands Chinese children to at least visit their parents and “tend to the spiritual needs of the elderly”, a more modern adaptation of filial piety. Although China…

Erxi. Instead of thinking of a marriage arranged by her parents as something awful, Fengxia happily obliges to the wishes of her parents, as it is expected of her to get married and have children. All of the characters in this film seem to show filial piety in their devotion and desire to please and take care of their…

Ancient Heroism of Western and Eastern Culture According to Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey, every hero shares the same typical adventure of the archetype. Despite this universal archetype, the heroes of each culture differ according to that culture’s values and beliefs. The river of history flows slowly; every country and every era has its own heroine who is acknowledged in their own ways. In one story of the Bible, a woman named Judith in ancient Israel made the ignominious defeat of the…

Lear starts to realize how he has no power nor control over anything when he is told “no more” than twenty-five soldiers “with me” by Regan, who was supposed to keep a sense of filial piety towards her father and instead decided to defy the natural law of family (like Lear did) and break the unwritten agreement she and Goneril made to obtain their father's land and power. “What need one” is the question and argues that Goneril and…

any government to disregard human rights. Lastly, it is inaccurate to claim incompatibility between the teachings of Confucius and human rights since the ethics of this traditional school of thought reflects humanism. Virtues of benevolence and filial piety should not be appreciated as a denial of individual rights. There is a set of fundamental human rights which are universal in nature and it is the government’s responsibility to safeguard and promote human rights in order to ensure its people…

bottom of the social hierarchy anymore. It also grew influence since the apostle Paul spread the idea that “anyone who believes will never be put to shame” (Document 7). In China the ideology of Confucius led to the development of filial piety (Document 2). Filial piety is a social hierarchy in which the father is the head of the household and that he receives the most…

Even within the Ten Commandments, there is a comparison to be made with Confucianism. The fifth commandment of always honoring one’s mother and father shares the same idea of Confucius’s concept of filial piety. In this instance, the difference is not on the rule itself, but on how much emphasis is placed on it in daily ethics. Christian ethics places enough importance on honoring one’s parents to make it one of the Ten Commandments, yet Confucianism…

My extended paternal family gathers together at Chinese New Year Eve for a reunion dinner, usually in a restaurant close to the home of the most senior family member, my eldest aunt. My family greets each other with New Year’s greetings and blessings. Then red packets is given out by the married couples to the unmarried relatives, they are often given out by the aunts present; uncles would take over that role in the absence of their wife. Red packets could be given out by unmarried middle aged…

Washington Post titled Confucius Making a Comeback In Money-Driven Modern China, written by Maureen Fan. It describes how Confucian Schools are teaching kids as young as 3 are reciting the works of Confucius, and are learning about its teachings like filial piety. Confucianism stresses a system of ethical teachings, which really impacts China’s culture and society. If it was not making this comeback and regaining its popularity, it would not seem so memorable, successful, or great at all. It…