The foundation of husband's filial piety also teaches the source of life, which is also a classic famous sentence.

Filial piety is the foundation of virtue, and teaching is born of it. This sentence is also from the Book of Filial Piety.

Complete sentence:

Confucius said, "Filial piety is the foundation of virtue, from which teaching is born." Sit down and I'll talk to you. The body is a skin injury, and parents dare not hurt it. Filial piety begins. Standing on the street, making a name for yourself in later generations to show your parents, is also the end of filial piety. Filial piety begins with pro-service, middle-service and finally stands. "Scholars" says: "Don't think about your ancestors, learn from them with morality."

Translation:

Confucius said, "Filial piety is the foundation of virtue, and enlightenment comes from it." Go back to your seat and I'll tell you. People's trunk, limbs, hair and skin are all obtained from their parents, and they dare not slander or damage them. This is the beginning of filial piety. Self-cultivation, virtue, glory for future generations and glory for parents are the destination of filial piety.

Filial piety begins with serving parents and continues with serving the monarch. Both loyalty and filial piety are the ultimate destination of filial piety. The Book of Songs Daya Wang Wen says, "How can you not miss your ancestors and study hard to cultivate their virtues?"

Extended data

The Book of Filial Piety, with filial piety as its core, was highly praised by Confucian scholars in past dynasties, and expounded Confucian ethics in a concentrated way. Affirmed that "filial piety" is the norm set by heaven. "Filial piety is the essence of heaven, the meaning of the earth, and the trip of people." It is pointed out that filial piety is the foundation of all virtues, "one person's trip is greater than filial piety", the monarch governs the country with filial piety, and the minister governs the family with filial piety.

The Book of Filial Piety links filial piety with loyalty for the first time, and holds that loyalty is the development and expansion of filial piety, and summarizes its social functions, and holds that filial piety can "reach the gods, spread all over the world and penetrate everywhere". The requirements and methods of "filial piety" have also been systematically and detailed.