SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

family ethics

  • The Analects – Chapter 16.13

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    Ana

    Chen Kang asked Bo Yu (Kong Li), Confucius’son, “Have you received any special teachings from your father?” Bo Yu replied, “Nothing special. Once, my father was standing alone in the courtyard, and I hurried past. He asked me, ‘Have you studied the Odes?’ I answered, ‘Not yet.’ He said, ‘If you do not study…

  • The Analects – Chapter 13.18

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    Ana

    Duke Ye said to Confucius, “In my region, there is a man known for his uprightness: when his father stole a sheep, the son testified against him.”Confucius replied, “The kind of uprightness we value is different. A father conceals for his son, and a son conceals for his father—uprightness lies precisely within this mutual…

  • Mencius – Chapter 8.7 Moral responsibility: Virtue in action

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    Ana

    Mencius said: “Those who are morally balanced (keep the golden mean) should nurture those who are not; those who are talented should cultivate those who lack talent.That’s why people are glad to have virtuous fathers and elder brothers.”

  • The Analects – Chapter 11 (1.11). Filial piety beyond obedience

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    Juan

    The Master said, “While a man’s father is alive, you can only see his intentions; it is when his father dies that you discover whether or not he is capable of carrying them out. If for the whole three years of mourning he manages to carry on the household exactly as in his father’s…

  • The Analects – Chapter 6 (1.6). Virtue before knowledge

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    Juan

    The Master said, “A young man’s duty is to behave well to his parents at home and to his elders abroad, to be cautious in giving promises and punctual in keeping them, to have kindly feelings towards everyone, but seek the intimacy of the Good. If, when all that is done, he has any…