The Book of Filial Duty: Page Index

Title Page

Table of Contents

Editorial Note

Introduction

The Doctrine of Filial Duty: Chapter I: The Meaning of Filial Duty

Chapter III: The Filial Duty of Feudal Princes

Chapter IV: The Filial Duty of High Officers

Chapter V: The Filial Duty of the Literary Class

Chapter VII: The Three Powers

Chapter VIII: Filial Duty in Government

Chapter IX: Government by the Sage

Chapter X: The Filial Duty of a Son

Chapter XII: Amplification of the Important Doctrine

Chapter XIII: Amplification of the Highest Virtue

Chapter XV: The Question of Remonstrance in Connection With Filial Duty

Chapter XVI: The Influence and Fruit of Filial Piety

Chapter XVII: Serving the Sovereign

Chapter XVIII: Mourning for One's Parents

The Twenty-Four Examples: No. I: The Filial Piety that influenced Heaven

No. II: Affection shown in tasting Soups and Medicines

No. III: Gnawing her Finger pained his Heart

No. IV: Clad in a Single Garment, he was obedient to his Mother

No. V: He carried Rice for his Parents

No. VI: With Sports and Embroidered Robes he amused his Parents

No. VII: With Deer's Milk he supplied his Parents

No. VIII: He sold himself to bury his Father

No. IX: He hired himself out as a Labourer to support his Mother

No. X: He fanned the Pillow and warmed the Bedclothes

No. XI: The Gushing Fountain and the Frisking Carp

No. XII: He carved Wood and served his Parents

No. XIII: For his Mother's Sake he would bury his Child

No. XIV: He seized the Tiger and saved his Father

No. XV: He collected Mulberries to support his Mother

No. XVI: He laid up the Oranges for his Mother

No. XVII: On hearing the Thunder he wept at the Tomb

No. XVIII: He wept to the Bamboos, and Shoots sprang up

No. XIX: He slept on Ice to procure Carp

No. XX: Wu Meng fed the Mosquitoes

No. XXIII: He resigned Office to seek his Mother

No. XXIV: He watched by his Mother's Bedside

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