Sacred Books of the East/Volume 3/The Hsiao/Chapter 11

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Sacred Books of the East, Vol. III, The Hsiâo King
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Chapter XI: Filial Piety in Relation to the Five Punishments
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Chapter XI. Filial Piety in Relation to the Five Punishments.

The Master said, 'There are three thousand offences against which the five punishments are directed[1], and there is not one of them greater than being unfilial.

'When constraint is put upon a ruler, that is the disowning of his superiority; when the authority of the sages is disallowed, that is the disowning of (all) law; when filial piety is put aside, that is the disowning of the principle of affection. These (three things) pave the way to anarchy.'

  1. ↑ See the Shû, p. 43, and especially pp. 255, 256.
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