What is the meaning of "five ethics" in China traditional culture?

Five ethics, that is, the so-called monarch and minister, father and son, brother, couple and friend in ancient times.

Take loyalty, filial piety, filial piety, forbearance and kindness as the "five ethics" relationship criteria.

Mencius believed that the way of courtesy and righteousness between monarch and minister should be loyalty;

There is a pecking order between father and son, so we should be filial.

Brothers are flesh and blood relatives and should be jealous;

Husband and wife love each other but are different inside and outside, so be tolerant;

Friends have the virtue of honesty, so they should be good;

This is the principle and code of conduct for dealing with ethical relations between people. "Five ethics" are the five basic ethical relations in China traditional society, namely, father and son, monarch and minister, husband and wife, brother and friend, and they are "ethics" in a narrow sense.