Classic of Filial Piety
The Classic of Filial Piety, also known by its Chinese name as the Xiaojing, is a Confucian classic treatise giving advice on filial piety: that is, how to behave towards a senior such as a father, an elder brother, or a ruler.
Niu Shuyu's frontispiece of The Classic of Filial Piety (1826) | |
| Author | (trad.) Confucius |
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| Published | c. 4th century BC |
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"Xiàojīng" in—from top to bottom—seal script and traditional and simplified characters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 孝經 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 孝经 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | filial piety classic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Vietnamese alphabet | Hiếu Kinh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chữ Hán | 孝經 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 효경 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanja | 孝經 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kanji | 孝経 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hiragana | こうきょう | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The text was most likely written during the late Warring States period and early Han dynasty and claims to be a conversation between Confucius and his student Zengzi. The text was widely used during the Han and later dynasties to teach young children basic moral messages as they learned to read.
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