This sentence is extended to "the filial piety of all virtues is the first and the root of all evils." If you are always filial, you can't bear to do anything in the world. " From the book "Night Talk Around the Furnace" in Qing Dynasty;
Filial piety means that children's behavior should not go against the wishes of parents, family elders and grandparents, and it is a manifestation of a stable ethical relationship. The so-called "filial piety comes first" reflects that the Qing people attached great importance to filial piety.
Filial piety is generally manifested as filial piety and filial piety. Filial piety refers to affirming parents' authority in order to repay their parents' upbringing, so as to obey their instructions and orders and act according to their wishes.
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The influence of filial piety on national character
Confucian culture believes that filial piety is the basis of morality, from which all enlightenment comes. Therefore, different from western culture, the rulers in the history of the East have beautified "filial piety" as the foundation of the country and publicized it as the first lesson to tame the people. It has trained generations of slaves who are obedient and loyal to "parents", and even served as the standard for selecting leading cadres (filial piety).
In fact, obeying parents is not necessarily related to being an official engaged in administrative management. Learning obedience and filial piety has also become the foundation of China's filial son. Because unfilial is a crime, "five punishments are three thousand, and the crime is greater than unfilial." On the contrary, parents' domestic violence against their children is called "family law" under the cloak of "filial piety" and will not be punished by the official criminal law!
Only when there is filial piety in the family can there be loyalty in the society. However, no master in China told you to be loyal to yourself and to the social resource allocation system arranged by him.