Under the stick comes a dutiful son. What's the next sentence?

This proverb is unique and there is no second sentence. It's just that people are used to using juxtaposition to improve their tone, so there are many kinds of folk sayings, such as "a dutiful son comes from a stick, a noble son comes from a strict teacher", "a loyal minister comes from a tiger", "a hero comes from jing wong" and "a soldier who defeats others without fighting" and so on.

The stick education in rural areas is not a simple and rude way of "beating if you make a mistake". It's all meat from you, and no one wants to hit their children. The so-called "stick education" has been demonized by the public, and the magnifying stick ignores the truth. What if the child doesn't listen to advice and repeatedly teaches and commits repeated crimes? Therefore, appropriate corporal punishment is necessary.

The origin of the dutiful son is revealed under the stick.

The dutiful son comes from Han Feizi's famous saying, "A dutiful son never gives birth to a loving father's family, and a loyal minister never gives birth to a saint." Han Feizi was a representative figure of Legalists in the Warring States Period. After historical evolution and inheritance, his words formed the present statement.

His theory also absorbed the "inherent vice" theory of his teacher Xunzi, holding that human nature is "hardworking and easy-going", which almost means that most people are "unruly", so they should be bound by the law. Think that criminal law is a manifestation of loving the people.