The Book of Filial Duty

About this eBook

Author

Zengzi, 506 BCE-437? BCE

Title

The book of filial duty

Original Publication

London: John Murray, 1908.

Credits

Bob Taylor, The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PL: Language and Literatures: Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania

Subject

Filial piety -- China

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 75878

Release Date

April 16, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.THE BOOK OF FILIAL DUTY
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.EDITORIAL NOTE
7. 7.INTRODUCTION — I. The Origin of the Book — II. The Twenty-four Examples of Filial Duty — III. Filial Duty and Parental Love — NOTE — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.THE DOCTRINE OF FILIAL DUTY — CHAPTER I — THE MEANING OF FILIAL DUTY
9. 9.CHAPTER II — THE FILIAL DUTY OF AN EMPEROR — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.CHAPTER III — THE FILIAL DUTY OF FEUDAL PRINCES
11. 11.CHAPTER IV — THE FILIAL DUTY OF HIGH OFFICERS
12. 12.CHAPTER V — THE FILIAL DUTY OF THE LITERARY CLASS
13. 13.CHAPTER VI — THE FILIAL DUTY OF COMMON PEOPLE
14. 14.CHAPTER VII — THE “THREE POWERS” [4] — FOOTNOTES:
15. 15.CHAPTER VIII — FILIAL DUTY IN GOVERNMENT
16. 16.CHAPTER IX — GOVERNMENT BY THE SAGE
17. 17.CHAPTER X — THE FILIAL DUTY OF A SON
18. 18.CHAPTER XI — THE FIVE PUNISHMENTS
19. 19.CHAPTER XII — AMPLIFICATION OF THE “IMPORTANT DOCTRINE”
20. 20.CHAPTER XIII — AMPLIFICATION OF “THE HIGHEST VIRTUE”
21. 21.CHAPTER XIV — AMPLIFICATION OF “RAISING THE REPUTATION”
22. 22.CHAPTER XV — THE QUESTION OF REMONSTRANCE IN CONNECTION WITH FILIAL DUTY
23. 23.CHAPTER XVI — THE INFLUENCE AND FRUIT OF FILIAL PIETY
24. 24.CHAPTER XVII — SERVING THE SOVEREIGN
25. 25.CHAPTER XVIII — MOURNING FOR ONE’S PARENTS
26. 26.THE TWENTY-FOUR EXAMPLES — No. I — The Filial Piety that influenced Heaven — No. II — Affection shown in tasting Soups and Medicines — No. III — Gnawing her Finger pained his Heart — No. IV — Clad in a Single Garment, he was obedient to his Mother — No. V — He carried Rice for his Parents — No. VI — With Sports and Embroidered Robes he amused his Parents — No. VII — With Deer’s Milk he supplied his Parents — No. VIII — He sold himself to bury his Father — No. IX — He hired himself out as a Labourer to support his Mother — No. X — He fanned the Pillow and warmed the Bedclothes — No. XI — The Gushing Fountain and the Frisking Carp — No. XII — He carved Wood and served his Parents — No. XIII — For his Mother’s Sake he would bury his Child — No. XIV — He seized the Tiger and saved his Father — No. XV — He collected Mulberries to support his Mother — No. XVI — He laid up the Oranges for his Mother — No. XVII — On hearing the Thunder he wept at the Tomb — No. XVIII — He wept to the Bamboos, and Shoots sprang up — No. XIX — He slept on Ice to procure Carp — No. XX — Wu Mêng fed the Mosquitoes — No. XXI — No. XXII — No. XXIII — He resigned Office to seek his Mother — No. XXIV — He watched by his Mother’s Bedside — FOOTNOTES:

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