a.
Parents are
revered because they are the source of your life. They have sacrificed much for
you.
b.One should do well and make the family name known and
respected: bring honor to your family.
c.
Consider someone
you respect and admire who saves your life or someone who has sacrificed his
life for you--as, indeed, your parents did. Hence, the reverence.
d.Hsiao implies that you give your parents not only
physical care but also emotional and spiritual richness. When the parents die,
their unfulfilled aims and purposes should be the purposes of the children.
e.
What do you do
if your values are different from your parents? I.e., in a changing society?
f.
The beginnings
of jen are found in hsiao (family life).
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Once the
reverence and respect is understood for parent, hsiao can be extended by
generalization to family, friends, society, and mankind.
·
Respect for the
sake of reverence affects who you are.