Classic of Filial Piety
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Niu Shuyu's frontispiece of The Classic of Filial Piety (1826)
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| Author | (trad.) Confucius |
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| Published | c. 4th century BC |
| Classic of Filial Piety (Xiaojing) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Xiaojing" in seal script (top), Traditional (middle), and Simplified (bottom) Chinese characters
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| Traditional Chinese | 孝經 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 孝经 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Xiào jīng |
| Wade–Giles | Hsiao4 ching1 |
| IPA | [ɕjâu tɕíŋ] |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Haau gīng |
| Jyutping | Haau3 ging1 |
| Southern Min | |
| Tâi-lô | Hàu king |
| Old Chinese | |
| Baxter-Sagart | *qʰˤruʔs klˤeŋ |
The Classic of Filial Piety (孝經; Old Chinese: *qʰˤruʔs klˤeŋ; pinyin: Xiào jīng) is a Confucian classic treatise giving advice on filial piety; that is, how to behave towards a senior (such as a father, an elder brother, or ruler).
This document probably dates to the 4th century BC. It is not known who actually wrote the document. It is attributed to a conversation between Confucius and his disciple Zengzi. A 12th-century author named He Yin claimed: "The Classic of Filial Piety was not made by Zengzi himself. When he retired from his conversation (or conversations) with Kung-ne on the subject of Filial Piety, he repeated to the disciples of his own school what (the master) had said, and they classified the sayings, and formed the treatise."
Many Japanese translations of the Xiaojing exist. The following are the primary Western language translations.
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