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The book of filial duty

by Confucius (551–479 BCE)

18 chapters, about 12,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. EDITORIAL NOTE 100 words
2. I. THE ORIGIN OF THE BOOK 1,100 words
3. II. THE TWENTY-FOUR EXAMPLES OF FILIAL DUTY 200 words
4. III. FILIAL DUTY AND PARENTAL LOVE 600 words
5. THE MEANING OF FILIAL DUTY 400 words
6. THE FILIAL DUTY OF FEUDAL PRINCES 100 words
7. THE FILIAL DUTY OF HIGH OFFICERS 100 words
8. THE FILIAL DUTY OF THE LITERARY CLASS 300 words
9. THE “THREE POWERS”[4] 200 words
10. FILIAL DUTY IN GOVERNMENT 300 words
11. GOVERNMENT BY THE SAGE 500 words
12. THE FILIAL DUTY OF A SON 200 words
13. THE FIVE PUNISHMENTS 100 words
14. AMPLIFICATION OF THE “IMPORTANT DOCTRINE” 400 words
15. CHAPTER XV 300 words
16. THE INFLUENCE AND FRUIT OF FILIAL PIETY 300 words
17. MOURNING FOR ONE’S PARENTS 300 words
18. THE TWENTY-FOUR EXAMPLES 6,100 words

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