一切經音義 71.115

English (machine translation) 71.115

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71.115

Benevolent and filial (仁孝: [仁 is] fanqie 而親. Loving people and extending that to things is called benevolence [仁]; superiors and inferiors having mutual affection is called benevolence; esteeming the worthy and being affectionate to kin is called benevolence; sacrificing oneself to achieve virtue is called benevolence. The Erya says: "Serving parents well is filial piety [孝]." The Posthumous Titles Rules [Shifa] says: "Loving with kindness and forgetting toil is filial piety; complying with commands without disobedience is filial piety.")

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese