Classic of Filial Piety

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Classic of Filial Piety

Niu Shuyu's frontispiece of The Classic of Filial Piety (1826)
Author (trad.) Confucius
Published c. 4th century BC
Classic of Filial Piety (Xiaojing)

"Xiaojing" in seal script (top), Traditional (middle), and Simplified (bottom) Chinese characters
Traditional Chinese 孝經
Simplified Chinese 孝经

The Classic of Filial Piety (孝經; Old Chinese: *qʰˤruʔs klˤeŋ; pinyin: Xiào jīng)[1] 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).

Authorship

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."

Selected translations

Many Japanese translations of the Xiaojing exist. The following are the primary Western language translations.

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