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孝
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Definitions
- 1. filial piety or obedience
- 2. mourning apparel
Words Containing 孝
Xiaogan, prefecture-level city in Hubei
Xiaojing (Classic of Filial Piety)
There are three ways to be unfilial; having no sons is the worst. (citation from Mencius 孟子[mèng zǐ])
mourning dress
xiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing
King Xiaocheng of Zhao 趙國|赵国, reigned 266-245 BC
see 父慈子孝[fù cí zǐ xiào]
Xiaoyi, county-level city in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liáng], Shanxi 山西
unquestioning filial piety
Confucian moral injunctions of fidelity
benevolent father, filial son (idiom)
filial
to wear mourning garb
Xiaoyi, county-level city in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liáng], Shanxi 山西
unfilial
Zeng Xiaogu (1873-1937), actor and pioneer of Chinese drama in New Culture style
filial piety (Confucian virtue)
Xiaochang county in Xiaogan 孝感[xiào gǎn], Hubei
to visit friends to thank them after a funeral
Duke Xiao of Qin, 秦國|秦国[qín guó], ruled 361-338 BC during the Warring States Period
Ken Zhu (1979-), Taiwanese singer and actor
to show filial respect
Xiaonan district of Xiaogan city 孝感市[xiào gǎn shì], Hubei
to wear mourning clothes
to be forever filial (idiom)
filial piety and fraternal duty
the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty
mourning garment
to do one's filial duty
at the end of the mourning period
to observe mourning for one's parents
filial piety (a Confucian obligation)
Xiaosu, posthumous name of Bao Zheng 包拯[bāo zhěng] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty
Xiaogan, prefecture-level city in Hubei
Fei Xiaotong (1910-2005), Chinese sociologist
Ming tombs in Nanjing, tomb of founding Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[zhū yuán zhāng], a World Heritage site
Xiaonan district of Xiaogan city 孝感市[xiào gǎn shì], Hubei
filial son
to get through the mourning period
Xiaochang county in Xiaogan 孝感[xiào gǎn], Hubei
to wear mourning clothes
of all virtues filial piety is most important (idiom)
a condolence visit
mourning clothes
Empress Xiaoshengxian (1693-1777), consort of Emperor Yongzheng 雍正[yōng zhèng] and mother of Emperor Qianlong 乾隆[qián lóng]