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The Book of Filial Duty
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by Ivan Chen
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Table of Contents
Editorial Note
Introduction
The Doctrine of Filial Duty: Chapter I: The Meaning of Filial Duty
Chapter II: The Filial Duty of an Emperor
Chapter III: The Filial Duty of Feudal Princes
Chapter IV: The Filial Duty of High Officers
Chapter V: The Filial Duty of the Literary Class
Chapter VI: The Filial Duty of Common People
Chapter VII: The Three Powers
Chapter VIII: Filial Duty in Government
Chapter IX: Government by the Sage
Chapter X: The Filial Duty of a Son
Chapter XI: The Five Punishments
Chapter XII: Amplification of the Important Doctrine
Chapter XIII: Amplification of the Highest Virtue
Chapter XIV: Amplification of Raising the Reputation
Chapter XV: The Question of Remonstrance in Connection With Filial Duty
Chapter XVI: The Influence and Fruit of Filial Piety
Chapter XVII: Serving the Sovereign
Chapter XVIII: Mourning for One's Parents
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 Meng 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
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