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The Book of Filial Duty

by Confucius

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  1. 1Editorial Note
  2. 2Introduction
  3. 3II — The Twenty-four Examples of Filial Duty
  4. 4III — Filial Duty and Parental Love
  5. 5The Doctrine of Filial Duty
  6. 6Chapter II — The Filial Duty of an Emperor
  7. 7Chapter III — The Filial Duty of Feudal Princes
  8. 8Chapter IV — The Filial Duty of High Officers
  9. 9Chapter V — The Filial Duty of the Literary Class
  10. 10Chapter VI — The Filial Duty of Common People
  11. 11Chapter VII — The “Three Powers”
  12. 12Chapter VIII — Filial Duty in Government
  13. 13Chapter IX — Government by the Sage
  14. 14Chapter X — The Filial Duty of a Son
  15. 15Chapter XI — The Five Punishments
  16. 16Chapter XII — Amplification of the “Important Doctrine”
  17. 17Chapter XIII — Amplification of “The Highest Virtue”
  18. 18Chapter XIV — Amplification of “Raising the Reputation”
  19. 19Chapter XV — The Question of Remonstrance in Connection With Filial…
  20. 20Chapter XVI — The Influence and Fruit of Filial Piety
  21. 21Chapter XVII — Serving the Sovereign
  22. 22Chapter XVIII — Mourning for One’s Parents
  23. 23The Twenty-Four Examples
  24. 24No. II — Affection Shown in Tasting Soups and Medicines
  25. 25No. III — Gnawing Her Finger Pained His Heart
  26. 26No. IV — Clad in a Single Garment, He Was Obedient to His Mother
  27. 27No. V — He Carried Rice for His Parents
  28. 28No. VI — With Sports and Embroidered Robes He Amused His Parents
  29. 29No. VII — With Deer’s Milk He Supplied His Parents
  30. 30No. VIII — He Sold Himself to Bury His Father
  31. 31No. IX — He Hired Himself Out as a Labourer to Support His Mother
  32. 32No. X — He Fanned the Pillow and Warmed the Bedclothes
  33. 33No. XI — The Gushing Fountain and the Frisking Carp
  34. 34No. XII — He Carved Wood and Served His Parents
  35. 35No. XIII — For His Mother’s Sake He Would Bury His Child
  36. 36No. XIV — He Seized the Tiger and Saved His Father
  37. 37No. XV — He Collected Mulberries to Support His Mother
  38. 38No. XVI — He Laid Up the Oranges for His Mother
  39. 39No. XVII — On Hearing the Thunder He Wept at the Tomb
  40. 40No. XVIII — He Wept to the Bamboos, and Shoots Sprang Up
  41. 41No. XIX — He Slept on Ice to Procure Carp
  42. 42No. XX — Wu Mêng Fed the Mosquitoes
  43. 43No. XXI · No. XXII — No. XXIII — He Resigned Office to Seek His Mother
  44. 44No. XXIV — He Watched by His Mother’s Bedside

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