Motif
filial continuity through mourning
filial_continuity_through_mourning
A motif of the Ancestor Rites and Feeding the Dead family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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confucian
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The Sayings of Confucius INDIVIDUAL VIRTUE / CONFUCIUS' ESTIMATE OF OTHERS / CONFUCIUS ON HIMSELF / MISCELLANEOUS SAYINGS; lines 2306-2446 confidence: medium
A man's will is observed while his father lives and his actions after the father dies; the filial son does not swerve from the father's principles during three years of mourning.
The son's fidelity to the father's principles over three years of mourning is the basis for being pronounced filial.
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