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The Book of Filial Duty
Wisdom of the East series partBy Confucius
Length1h 18m
About this audiobook
This is a translation of the Hsio Ching, or the Book of Filial Duty. It was written about 400 BCE, about a century following the death of Confucius, and is attributed to a conversation between Confucius and his disciple Zengzi.
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GenreSpirituality and Religion
Length1 hr 18 mins
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Publish dateJun 7, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Editorial Note
2Introduction
3Chapter 1. The Meaning Of Filial Duty
4Chapter 2. The Filial Duty Of An Emperor
5Chapter 3. The Filial Duty Of Feudal Princes
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6Chapter 4. The Filial Duty Of High Officers
7Chapter 5. The Filial Duty Of The Literary Class
8Chapter 6. The Filial Duty Of Common People
9Chapter 7. The "Three Powers"
10Chapter 8. Filial Duty In Government
11Chapter 9. Government By The Sage
12Chapter 10. The Filial Duty Of A Son
13Chapter 11. The Five Punishments
14Chapter 12. Amplification Of The "Important Doctrine"
15Chapter 13. Amplification Of "The Highest Virtue"
16Chapter 14. Amplification Of "Raising The Reputation"
17Chapter 15. The Question Of Remonstrance In Connection With Filial Duty
18Chapter 16. The Influence And Fruit Of Filial Piety
19Chapter 17. Serving The Sovereign
20Chapter 18. Mourning For One's Parents
21No. 1. The Filial Piety That Influenced Heaven
22No. 2. Affection Shown In Tasting Soups And Medicines
23No. 3. Gnawing Her Finger Pained His Heart
24No. 4. Clad In A Single Garment, He Was Obedient To His Mother
25No. 5. He carried Rice for his Parents
26No. 6. With Sports And Embroidered Robes He Amused His Parents
27No. 7. With Deer's Milk He Supplied His Parents
28No. 8. He Sold Himself To Bury His Father
29No. 9. He Hired Himself Out As A Labourer To Support His Mother
30No. 10. He Fanned The Pillow And Warmed The Bedclothes
31No. 11. The Gushing Fountain And The Frisking Carp
32No. 12. He Carved Wood And Served His Parents
33No. 13. For His Mother's Sake He Would Bury His Child
34No. 14. He Seized The Tiger And Saved His Father
35No. 15. He Collected Mulberries To Support His Mother
36No. 16. He Laid Up The Oranges For His Mother
37No. 17. On Hearing The Thunder He Wept At The Tomb
38No. 18. He Wept To The Bamboos, And Shoots Sprang Up
39No. 19. He Slept On Ice To Procure Carp
40No. 20. Wu Mêng Fed The Mosquitoes
41No. 21
42No. 22
43No. 23. He Resigned Office To Seek His Mother
44No. 24. He Watched By His Mother's Bedside
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