Filial Piety
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I The Scope and Meaning of the Treatise
(Once), when Zhong Ni1 was unoccupied, and his disciple Zeng2 was sitting by in attendance on him, the Master said, "The ancient kings had a perfect virtue and all-embracing rule of conduct, through which they were in accord with all under heaven. By the pra ....
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.... the practice of the (filial) course, so as to make our name famous in future ages and thereby glorify our parents, this is the end of filial piety. It commences with the service of parents; it proceeds to the service of the ruler; it is completed by the establishment of character.
"It is said in the Major Odes of the Kingdom:
Ever think of your ancestor,
Cultivating your virtue."4
Notes
1. This is the zi or "style" of Confucius.
2. Zeng Zi speaks in ....
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