Mencius Theory of "Filial Piety"

Filial piety is the root of the Chinese traditional culture and the theoretical cornerstone of Confucianism. Confucius established benevolence based on the filial piety, and he also stipulated the contents and forms as the family ethics of filial piety. Mencius inherited and developed Confucius' theory of filial piety and attempted to discuss the possibility of filial piety from man-nature theory and establish the deep psychological motivation and metaphysical foundation of Confucian filial piety.