Filial Piety - A Must for All Generation

Filial piety (Chinese: 孝; pinyin: xiào) is one of the virtues to be held above all else: a respect for the parents and ancestors. It also means to be good to one's parents; to take care of one's parents; to engage in good conduct not just towards parents but also outside the home so as to bring a good name to one's parents and ancestors; to perform the duties of one's job well so as to obtain the material means to support parents as well as carry out sacrifices to the ancestors; This is the first virtue in Chinese culture. 

We must understand how important respecting our parents should be. It is not easy to be a parent. Our parents take good care of us when we were young, and it is very common now a days for the teens to be rebellious. We should love our parents more. The way they take good care of us and give us the love and warmth that we need. If we do the same thing, our children will imitate it. I remember some verses in the bible about love and respect of parents.

Ephesians 6:1-3 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” this is the first commandment with a promise, “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.

Colossians 3:20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

Proverbs 1:8-9 Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching, for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.

Proverbs 30:17 The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.

Leviticus 19:3 Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

Exodus 20:12 Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Proverbs 10:1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

As we can see, these verses from the Bible tells us to love and obey are parents and one of the good example of this is the story of Mulan. Mulan loves his Father so much reason that she takes his place in the army to fight the intruders of China.

Now, as parents we should not measure what our children can give us. Maybe some of our children will be successful in the business arena or other fields but instead we should be proud of them that they have been a good person. Here are some videos of Filial Piety, to understand it more. Remember, The greatest of all these things is LOVE.