Confucian Filiality
Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- The Classic of Filiality (Xiaojing 孝经) -- 1: To Begin with Showing Its Significance -- 2: The Son of Heaven -- 3: Feudal Princes -- 4: High Officials -- 5: Functionaries -- 6: Common People -- 7: The Impartial Consequences of Filiality -- 8: Heaven, Earth, and Man -- 9: Reigning with Filiality -- 10: The Ruling of Sages -- 11: The Succession Derived from Being Born to One's Parents -- 12: Good and Bad Deeds Regarding Filiality -- 13: A Record of the Practice of Filiality -- 14: Five Punishments -- 15: An Amplification of the Essential Way -- 16: An Amplification of the Supreme Virtue -- 17: The Transcendent Impact of Filiality -- 18: An Amplification of Gaining Fame -- 19: The Interior of the Household -- 20: Making Remonstrances -- 21: On Serving the Sovereign -- 22: Mourning the Deaths of Parents -- 1. Xiaojing's Authorship and Texts -- Who Authored Xiaojing? -- Controversies over the Two Texts -- 2. Related Classical Teachings -- A. Filiality as the Prime Virtue -- B. The Vital Importance of Sincerity and Reverence in Filiality -- C. On the Conduct of Filiality -- D. Remonstrating with Parents -- E. Filiality and Governance -- F. The Deaths and Funerals of Parents -- G. Unfiliality -- 3. Ideological Foundations -- The Belief in the Goodness of Human Nature -- The Tradition of Ancestor Worship -- 4. The Social Setting -- The Feudalism and Lineal Law of the Zhou Dynasty -- Clan and Lineage in Ancient China -- The Rise of Lower-Class Functionaries -- 5. A Persistent Heritage -- Challenges Arising in Three Historical Conflicts -- Supportive Ritual and Legal Systems -- 6. Instruction for the People -- Imperial Advocacy -- Family Instructions -- Widely Publicized Role Models of Filiality -- Filiality in Literature and the Theater -- 7. Special Instruction for Women
