Talk about the kindness of nurturing beyond heaven.

The grace of bearing is greater than that of people, the grace of raising is greater than that of heaven, and the virtues and filial piety are the first.

Source: Folk proverbs.

Interpretation: Even if biological parents abandon their children, they are more grateful than others. After all, they gave their children life. Parents who raise their children are more grateful than the sky, because the children are not their own flesh and blood, and adoptive parents have no obligation to raise their children, but they have raised their children. Children's behavior should not go against the wishes of parents, family elders and ancestors.

Extended data

The influence of filial piety in all virtues on people;

The scope of "filial piety" is greater than loyalty, not only to parents, but also to your father. It can be seen that "loyalty" and "filial piety" are unified and not contradictory. Serving your father's interests is their similarity. In this way, "filial piety" has achieved the political purpose of restraining people's thoughts and behaviors from the perspective of human relations.

Confucian culture believes that filial piety is the basis of morality, from which all enlightenment originates. Therefore, different from western culture, the rulers in the history of the East have beautified "filial piety" as the foundation of the country and publicized it as the first lesson to tame the people. It has trained generations of slaves who are obedient and loyal to "parents", and even served as the standard for selecting leading cadres (filial piety).