The Classic of Filial Piety: Recitation Edition
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Summary
The book presents the content of the Classic of Filial Piety, the Confucian classic that sets out the ideas of filial piety and governance through filial piety. Each passage is explained by first quoting the original text and then giving a translation.
Intended for primary and secondary school students, the book promotes traditional Chinese culture and provides phonetic annotation, suiting students' reading habits and stimulating their thought and understanding.
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Primary and secondary school students who need to recite traditional culture classics
- Parents who wish to read together with their children
- Primary and secondary school teachers running morning reading or Chinese classics activities
- General readers who want an initial acquaintance with the Classic of Filial Piety through phonetic annotation and translation
Not a good fit for
- Researchers needing scholarly annotation, textual collation, or in-depth study of intellectual history
- Adult readers seeking a complete scholarly annotated translation of the Classic of Filial Piety
- Readers with no interest in reciting Confucian classics
Reading tips
- Recite a short passage of the original text each day at a fixed time: first get the pronunciation right, then check the translation for the general meaning.
- When reading together, let the parent lead and the child follow, then have the child express their understanding in one or two sentences.
- Use "revering the elderly, respecting them, caring for them, and seeing them through life's end" as a thread, and discuss concrete examples from daily life.
- After finishing the book, choose a favorite passage to memorize and try explaining it to classmates in your own words.
About the publisher
Sino-Culture Press is known for publishing in history, social sciences and traditional Chinese culture, with a further reach into literary appreciation, classic works and foreign literature. Its library of 489 titles includes such works as The Road to Dongpo: The Evolution of Su Shi's Poetic Style, The Poetry and Life of Du Fu, The History of Qin and Han, and Six Hundred Years of the Forbidden City (collector's edition), while A Preliminary Survey of Ancient Architecture in Shanxi and Fen: Hand-drawn Records of Architectural Remains reflects an interest in documenting architectural heritage. Van Loon's Collected Classics and guided-reading editions of works such as Call to Arms and Notre-Dame de Paris serve general readers and classroom use. Its authors include scholars and popular writers such as Fu Junmai, Chen Linlin, Van Loon, Wang Longlin and Guan Ranrong, and biography is another direction. As public information is limited, this note focuses on the publishing profile shown by the titles in the library.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 出版说明
- 序言
- 开宗明义章第一
- 天子章第二
- 诸侯章第三
- 卿大夫章第四
- 士章第五
- 庶人章第六
- 三才章第七
- 孝治章第八
- 圣治章第九
- 纪孝行章第十
- 五刑章第十一
- 广要道章第十二
- 广至德章第十三
- 广扬名章第十四
- 谏诤章第十五
- 感应章第十六
- 事君章第十七
- 丧亲章第十八
- 附录l黄帝内经素问（节选）
- 第一讲 上古天真论篇（节选）
- 第二讲 四气调神大论篇（节选）
- 第三讲 金匮真言论篇（节选）
- 第四讲 阴阳应象大论篇（节选）
- 第五讲 灵兰秘典论篇（节选）
- 第六讲 异法方宜论篇（节选）
- 第七讲 脏气法时论篇（节选）
- 第八讲 咳论篇（节选）
- 第九讲 刺要论篇（节选）
- 第十讲 徵四失论篇（节选）
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About the author
Luofu Mountain Taixue School is a collective author name associated with education in and the promotion of reciting Chinese traditional classics. Publicly available information is limited, and details such as the institution's nature, location, and scale are not disclosed. What can be confirmed is that four works appear under this name in the database: Recitation Edition of the I Ching, Recitation Edition of the Analects, Recitation Edition of the Tao Te Ching, and Recitation Edition of the Classic of Filial Piety. All are recitation readers drawing on major Confucian and Daoist texts: the I Ching, the Analects of Confucius, Laozi's Tao Te Ching, and the Classic of Filial Piety, which centers on filial conduct and ethics. They are commonly classified under Eastern philosophy and culture. The works suggest an emphasis on providing accessible texts close to the originals for recitation, daily study, and teaching, offering reference value for popularizing traditional culture and promoting classic reading.
The Editorial Committee for Fine Traditional Chinese Culture is a collectively attributed editorial body. Public information about it is limited, and its specific membership and founding background are not available in the existing materials. Judging from the four works recorded in the library, the committee focuses on popularizing the Chinese classics and promoting their recitation. The Recitation Edition of the I Ching, the Recitation Edition of the Analects, the Recitation Edition of the Tao Te Ching, and the Recitation Edition of the Classic of Filial Piety are all presented as recitation editions for readers who wish to engage with the classics through reading aloud. These works cover key texts of Yijing studies, Confucianism, and Daoism, and are commonly classified under Eastern philosophy and culture. The editorial approach tends to preserve the complete original text and to arrange it in a form suited to recitation, lowering the threshold for beginners and making traditional texts easier to use in daily reading and teaching. Overall, the committee has a clear publishing direction, concentrating on the organization and dissemination of classical texts.
