Famous sayings about respecting the elderly; filial piety; loving the elderly; praising the elderly; maxims; proverbs

Quotations about respecting, filial piety, loving and praising the elderly; mottos; proverbs:

1. Be careful and don’t get tired of serving the elderly day and night.

Meaning: Parents should be careful to support them when they go in and out (doors), and don’t get tired of serving them in the morning and evening.

From "Encouragement to Repay Parental Favors".

2. If you can be filial to your parents, you will be a good son;

It means: being filial to your parents means you are a good son, being filial to your father-in-law and mother-in-law can lead to a reputation of being both filial and virtuous.

From "Encouragement to Repay Parental Favors".

3. Disciples will be filial when they enter, and they will be younger when they leave.

It means: Young disciples should be filial to their parents when they return home, and they should respect and love their brothers when they go out.

From "The Analects of Confucius·Learning is the First" (Spring and Autumn Period).

4. Don’t be slow when your parents call you; don’t be lazy when your parents order you.

Meaning: When your parents call you, you should quickly respond; when your parents give orders, you should quickly do it.

From (Qing Dynasty) Li Yuxiu's "Disciple Regulations".

5. A husband’s filial piety is the scripture of heaven and the righteousness of earth.

Meaning: Filial piety is a matter of course.

From "The Classic of Filial Piety".

6. The nurturing of a filial son is to be happy with one’s heart and not to violate one’s aspirations.

Meaning: A filial son will support you, and a happy heart will not violate his wishes.

From "Book of Rites"

7. There are three types of filial piety: first, respecting relatives, secondly, not being humiliated, and secondly, being able to support others.

It means: first of all, respecting relatives, secondly not humiliating them, now they can support them.

From "Book of Rites"

8. It is important to know the age of your parents. One is for joy, the other is for fear.

It means: You must know the age of your parents. One out of joy, one out of fear.

From "The Analects of Confucius"

9. When Meng Wu asked about filial piety, Confucius said: "My parents only worry about their illness."

It means: When Meng Wu asked about filial piety, Confucius said Said: "Parents want them to worry about their illnesses."

From "The Analects of Confucius: For Politics"

10. Love what your parents love, and respect what your parents love. ——Confucius

Meaning: Those whom parents love also love him, and those whose parents respect also respect him.

11. When I am an old person, I am an old person, and I am an old person; when I am young, I am a young person, and I am an old person. The world can be transported in the palm of your hand. ——Mencius

Meaning: When raising and educating elders who are filial to oneself, one should not forget other elders who are not related to oneself; when raising and educating one’s younger generation, one should not forget other people who are not related by blood to oneself. child. Can run and rule the world.

12. Children who respect others and are responsible are born in families with a proper combination of love and discipline. ——James Dobson

13. A ewe will never answer the cry of a calf if she cannot hear the cry of her own lamb. ——Shakespeare

14. At dusk, you collect everything that was dispersed in the morning; the sheep return to their sheds, and the children return to their mothers. ——Sappho

15. I have seen hungry children. I have seen mothers and wives grieve. I hate war. ——Roosevelt

16. Maternal love is a huge flame. ——(France) Romain Rolland

17. If relatives are not harmonious, the family will fail. ——(USA) Lincoln

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A story about respecting and loving the elderly

1. Loyalty and filial piety

From the Twenty-four Filial Piety. Shen Zhixu, the guard general of Daochuan in Hunan during the Ming Dynasty, had an only daughter named Shen Yunying. He has been smart and studious since he was a child, and learned martial arts from his father. Shen Yunying was only seventeen years old at the time because her father died on the battlefield while leading an army to meet a foreign army. She climbed up to a high place and shouted loudly: "Although I am a little girl, I will fight to the death to fulfill my father's legacy of defending the city."

I hope all soldiers and civilians will defend their hometown. "Everyone was deeply moved and vowed to regain the lost land. The siege was quickly lifted and victory was achieved. Shen Yunying found her father's body and cried loudly. All soldiers and civilians put on mourning clothes and attended the funeral. The imperial court ordered Shen Zhixu to be promoted to deputy commander-in-chief, and Shen Yunying was appointed guerrilla general to continue guarding Daozhou Prefecture. Later, people built a memorial temple for her to honor both loyalty and filial piety. There is a poem that says:

Foreign troops attacked the city and besieged the rebels, and E Mei fought hard to relieve the siege; the father's enemy was besieging the city and it was hard to cover the snow, and he was famous for his loyalty and filial piety.

2. Writing to save your father

Sending a letter to save your father is a historical allusion. The protagonist is a man named Chun Yuyi during the reign of Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty.

During the reign of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, there was a man named Chunyu Yi who became a disciple of Yang Qing, a famous physician in the State of Qi. He learned superb medical skills and once served as the Cang Ling of the State of Qi. After his teacher passed away, he abandoned his official position and practiced medicine. Because of his upright personality, he offended a powerful person while practicing medicine, which later led to his being framed and taken to the capital to be punished.

His daughter was named Tiying. Although she was a weak woman, she spared no effort and traveled long distances to Chang'an to complain to the emperor. She stated the harmful effects of corporal punishment and explained that her father was honest and caring for the people when he was an official, and he was benevolent and helpful to the world when he was a doctor. Now he is indeed being framed. I am willing to suffer the punishment for my father. Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty was deeply moved by Tiying's filial piety, pardoned her father, and issued an edict to abolish corporal punishment. There is a poem in praise of him:

I went to Beijing with my father and experienced hardships, and wrote a letter with clear intentions; the imperial edict granted him pardon as a sign of his filial piety, and also sacrificed his flesh as a punishment to benefit future generations.

Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia - Stories of respecting and loving the elderly