Aphorisms, famous quotes, stories, legends, poems, etc. about honoring parents

The nurturing of a filial son means that one is happy with one's heart and does not violate one's aspirations. ——"Book of Rites"

There are three types of filial piety: first, respecting relatives, secondly, not being humiliated, and secondly, being able to support. ——"Book of Rites"

It is important to know the age of your parents. One is for joy, the other is for fear. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

Meng Wubo asked about filial piety, and Confucius said: "Parents are only worried about their illness." ——"The Analects of Confucius·Wei Zheng"

What parents love, they also love. Respect what your parents respect. ——Confucius

The old and the young are in order. ——Mencius

When I am old, I am in harmony with others; when I am young, I am in harmony with others. The world can be transported in the palm of your hand. ——Mencius

The most important thing for a filial son is to respect his relatives. ——Mencius

Only being filial to your parents can relieve your worries. ——Mencius

Father and son are related, monarch and ministers are righteous, husband and wife are different, elders and children are related, and friends are trustworthy. ——Mencius

Which one is greater? It is the greatest thing to do things closely; to protect oneself, which one is greater? Keep your body intact. I have heard of those who can serve their relatives without losing their bodies; I have not heard of those who can serve their relatives without losing their bodies. What's wrong? Serving relatives is the foundation of everything; who doesn't keep it? Keeping oneself is the foundation of keeping oneself. ——Mencius

The true form of benevolence is to serve relatives; the true form of righteousness is to obey elder brothers. ——Mencius

If you don’t get closeness, you can’t be a human being; if you don’t get closeness, you can’t be a son. ——Mencius

A gentleman has three kinds of happiness, but the king of the world does not share them. Having both parents and having brothers without any reason is one happiness; looking up to Heaven and not being ashamed of others is the second happiness; being able to educate the talented people from all over the world is the third happiness. A gentleman has three kinds of happiness, but the king of the world does not share them. ——Mencius

There are five so-called unfilial persons in the world, four of which are laziness and neglect of parents' support. The third kind of unfilial piety is to ignore the support of one's parents; the fourth kind of unfilial piety is to kill one's parents according to the desires of one's ears and eyes; the fifth kind of unfilial piety is to be brave and aggressive and endanger one's parents. ——Mencius

He who has no father and no king is just a beast. ——Mencius

The virtuous and the unworthy cannot be separated. If fate cannot be changed, if good and evil cannot be moved. ——"Lu Shi Chun Qiu"

A filial son does not flatter his relatives, and a loyal minister does not flatter his emperor. This is the prosperity of ministers. ——

Modern poetry:

Motherly love

Motherly love

is the connection and integration of blood and veins

It is the blessing of the children and the pain of the mother

Motherly love

It is like the spring wind

The earth becomes green only when it blows gently

Mother's love

is like a cloud in the sky

Always let the scorching sun

drive through her body first

Breathe the wind and change the rain to bring peace to the earth

Mother's love

It is the glow after the rain

Always let the cleansed earth

No Lying abandoned in my arms

Write colorful dreams of life in the high sky

...

Bing Xin

I never abandon a piece of paper,

I always keep it - keep it,

fold it into small boats,

Thrown from the boat into the sea.

Some were blown into the windows of the boat by the wind,

Some were wetted by the waves and stuck to the bow of the boat.

I still fold them every day without losing heart,

I always hope that one of them will flow to where I want him to go.

Mother, if you see a small white boat in your dream,

Don’t be surprised that it fell into the dream for no reason.

This is what your beloved daughter wrote with tears in her eyes,

Thousands of rivers and mountains, begging him to carry her love and sorrow back home.