Question

[The student] asked what filial piety was. The Master said, "It is not being disobedient. . . . That parents, when alive, be served according to propriety; that, when dead, they should be buried according to propriety; and that they should be sacrificed to according to propriety."

According to Confucius, how does one show filial piety? Select all that apply.

by obeying one’s parents
by asking questions of one’s parents
by serving one’s parents
by properly burying one’s parents
by ignoring one’s parents

Answer 1

- by obeying one’s parents
- by serving one’s parents
- by properly burying one’s parents

(Confucius described filial piety as not being disobedient, serving parents while alive according to propriety, and burying them according to propriety.)