be filial sons of

be filial sons of

Filial piety is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xi à oz à Xi á ns à n, which means that only filial piety to their parents' sons can produce virtuous grandchildren. It's from Mencius · Li Lou Shang.

Analysis of Idioms

Antonym: filial son and filial son; antonym: unfilial son, unfilial son and disobedient son and grandson

The origin of Idioms

Mencius: Although we are filial to our sons and grandchildren, we can't change it for a hundred generations

Idiom usage

It's a combination; it's subject and object; it's commendatory. "Yongxi Yuefu. Volume 3. Zhengzhenghao (Qingshou)": every year is a good time to celebrate today, and every year is a happy birthday. Filial sons and virtuous grandchildren follow each other, and their branches and leaves are outstanding, surpassing their ancestors. " In Yuan Dynasty, Liu Tangqing's "descending the mulberry tree", it is said that "the sage likes the righteous husband and the chaste wife, and loves the filial son and the virtuous grandson." Chapter 51 of Jing Hua Yuan written by Li Ruzhen in Qing Dynasty: "I have no last words after my death, but I belong to posterity. Don't change the habit of green forest. That's filial son and good grandson."