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The Sayings of Confucius

Note 18 — THE SAYINGS OF CONFUCIUS

Lionel Giles translation

On hsiao, occurring in another treatise, Mr. Ku Hung-ming has the following note: "The word in the text does not mean merely a filial son, but has the meaning of the Latin 'pius'—pious in its full sense, reverential to God, dutiful to parents, good, faithful and orderly in all the relations of life."

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