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Classic of Filial Piety (Xiaojing)

Confucius

Eighteen chapters that make filial piety the root of all virtue and extend it from household to state: serving one's father is the model for serving one's prince. It was an elementary school text throughout imperial China and one of the first classics translated into European languages.

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Translated by James Legge · 21 chapters · 1 h reading

  1. 1Volume 3/The Hsiao/Chapter 11′
  2. 2Volume 3/The Hsiao/Introduction/Chapter 14′
  3. 3Volume 3/The Hsiao/Chapter 21′
  4. 4Volume 3/The Hsiao/Introduction/Chapter 27′
  5. 5Volume 3/The Hsiao/Chapter 31′
  6. 6Volume 3/The Hsiao/Introduction/Chapter 37′
  7. 7Volume 3/The Hsiao/Chapter 41′
  8. 8Volume 3/The Hsiao/Chapter 51′
  9. 9Volume 3/The Hsiao/Chapter 61′
  10. 10Volume 3/The Hsiao/Chapter 71′
  11. 11Volume 3/The Hsiao/Chapter 81′
  12. 12Volume 3/The Hsiao/Chapter 92′
  13. 13Volume 3/The Hsiao/Chapter 101′
  14. 14Volume 3/The Hsiao/Chapter 111′
  15. 15Volume 3/The Hsiao/Chapter 121′
  16. 16Volume 3/The Hsiao/Chapter 131′
  17. 17Volume 3/The Hsiao/Chapter 141′
  18. 18Volume 3/The Hsiao/Chapter 151′
  19. 19Volume 3/The Hsiao/Chapter 161′
  20. 20Volume 3/The Hsiao/Chapter 171′
  21. 21Volume 3/The Hsiao/Chapter 182′
Classic of Filial Piety (Xiaojing) by Confucius — full text · The Conscious Library