What is the culture of filial piety?

Some morality is that the first thing to be emphasized should be filial piety, but filial piety is only to see whether there is filial piety in the heart, but not to examine his behavior, if the behavior is examined, those poor people will have no filial son.

The most evil of all evils is obscenity, and this can only be seen in his behavior, not in his heart. If we look at the heart, there is no perfect non-obsessive person in this world (for everyone has had the thought of obscenity in his heart, and this is not an evil, but if he puts it into action, then it is the first of all evils.

From "Night Talks Around the Furnace" - Qing Dynasty - Wang Yongbin

It is a traditional behavior advocated by Chinese culture, which means that children should not act against the wishes of their parents, elders in the family, and forefathers, and that it is a kind of stabilizing relationship. The so-called "filial piety is the first of all acts" reflects the fact that the Chinese people attach great importance to the concept of filial piety. Filial piety is generally characterized by filial obedience and filial respect. Filial piety refers to the affirmation of one's parents' authority in order to repay them for their upbringing, so that one can obey their instructions and commands and act according to their wishes.

Expanded Information:

The Culture of Filial Piety

1. Honoring one's relatives. The essence of traditional Chinese filial piety is to advocate that parents should first "respect" and "love", without respect and love, we can not talk about filial piety. Treating parents is not just material support, the key is to have love for parents, and this love is from the heart of the sincere love. Without this love, not only can we not talk about filial piety to parents, but also and breeding dogs and horses is no different.

2. The material basis of traditional Chinese filial piety is to provide for parents materially, i.e., to support them, "to be born is to be raised," which is the minimum program of filial piety and respect for parents.

3. Serving the sick. The elderly are weak and prone to illness, so traditional Chinese filial piety takes "serving the sick" as an important element. Serving the sick means that if the elderly parents are sick, they should be diagnosed and treated in a timely manner, cared for carefully, and given more care for their parents in life and in spirit.

4. Sons and daughters have career achievements, parents will be happy, feel honored, feel proud. Therefore, doing nothing all day long and living a mediocre life is also unfilial to parents.

5. Admonition. When one's parents are unrighteous, not only should one not obey them, but one should admonish them so that they will correct their unrighteousness, thus preventing them from falling into unrighteousness.

6. Good death. Confucian filial piety attaches great importance to burial, and all kinds of rituals should be performed during the funeral ceremony.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia - Nightly Talks Around the Fireplace