SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

fraternal duty

  • 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…

  • The Analects – Chapter 2 (1.2). Roots of Benevolence

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    Juan

    Master You said, “Those who in private life behave well towards their parents and elder brothers, in public life seldom show a disposition to resist the authority of their superiors. And as for such men starting a revolution, no instance of it has ever occurred. It is upon the trunk that a gentleman works.…