About the author

Guo Jujing is an author whose life is poorly documented in publicly available sources; his dates, birthplace and nationality are not conclusively recorded. Judging from the works held in the collection, he compiled and wrote on themes of filial piety and poetry. Four works appear under his name: The Twenty-Four Filial Exemplars, The Twenty-Four Filial Exemplars (unannotated edition), An Illustrated Verse Anthology of the Twenty-Four Filial Exemplars, and Selected Poems of a Hundred Fragrances. His works are commonly classified under Eastern philosophy. The Twenty-Four Filial Exemplars circulated most widely, presenting stories of filial conduct from earlier ages with accompanying verses; its plain language and illustrations made it easy to recite and remember, and it had a lasting influence on popular moral instruction. The illustrated verse anthology reflects his editorial interest in praising filial piety through poetry, while Selected Poems of a Hundred Fragrances shows an interest in writing about flowers and plants. Overall his writing is accessible and orderly, focused on moral instruction and recitation, and is useful for understanding traditional ideas of filial piety and elementary readers.

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Rating 3.1★ Fully Illustrated Selected Poems on the Twenty-Four Filial Exemplars 郭居敬 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long history, marked by a high degree of originality, inventiveness, and literary quality. Early forms … Rating 3.0★ Selected Poems of a Hundred Fragrances 郭居敬 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought has a long history and is highly original, inventive and literary. Early thought forms have distinctive features: religiou… Rating 3.9★ The Twenty-Four Filial Exemplars 郭居敬 · 2016 The Twenty-Four Filial Exemplars, whose full title is The Complete Illustrated Anthology of Twenty-Four Filial Piety Poems, is traditionally attribute… Rating 3.6★ Twenty-Four Filial Exemplars (Unannotated Edition) 郭居敬 · 2015 Filial piety is the core of Confucian ethical thought, the moral principle that has sustained family relations in Chinese society for thousands of yea…