10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNFILIAL»
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unfilial in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
unfilial and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Filial Piety: Practice and Discourse in Contemporary East Asia
Nearly 200 years later, Mencius (372-289 B.C.) declared three things to be
unfilial of which "to have no posterity is the greatest" (Legge 1933: 725).
According to James Legge, the other unfilial acts are to encourage one's parents'
participation ...
2
Tales of Times Now Past: Sixty-two Stories from a Medieval ...
45. HOW. HOU. KU. TRICKED. HIS. FATHER. AND. PREVENTED. AN. UNFILIAL
. ACT. At a time now past, in China [during which era is no longer known], there
was a man of Ch'u whose name was Hou Ku. His father was unfilial and was ...
3
Lesbianscape of Taiwan: Media History of Taiwan's Lesbians
Zheng-da Guang-ming, The Unfilial Daughter online discussion forum, TTV, 20
May 2001, 04:06, http://chat.ttv.com.tw/phBB.viewforum.php?forum=17 &topic=
20790 (accessed October 14, 2001). 49. Maruko, The Unfilial Daughter online ...
4
The Politics of Mourning in Early China
Although both readings are plausible, the larger context of the passage, which
deals with punishments for the unfilial, favors the latter reading. Consider the
following excerpt from subsequent portions of the document detailing the same
case, ...
5
Filial Piety in Chinese Thought and History
He even approached the concept from another angle by explaining the
conditions for being “unfilial.” He said: “There are three ways of being unfilial, and
to have no posterity is the greatest of them” (4A26). The three unfilial behaviors, ...
Alan Chan, Sor-Hoon Tan, 2004
Chang, who was alleged to be unfilial, but whom Mencius defended. From this
discussion, we can easily infer what filial piety is. The disciple Kung-tu said, “
Throughout the whole empire everybody pronounces K'uang Chang unfilial. But
you ...
7
Backward Glances: Contemporary Chinese Cultures and the ...
The Unfilial Daughter: Tomboy Soap Two and a half decades after the
publication of Outside the Circle, tomboy melodrama returned to Taiwan's mass-
cultural scene with The Unfilial Daughter, a five-part television drama series
directed by ...
8
Mencius and Masculinities: Dynamics of Power, Morality, and ...
It was unfilial. Women, here as wives, are thus associated with practices that are
harmful to the Mencian view of social order. Further comments in 4B30 about
unfilial behavior illustrate through negative example appropriate behavior by the
...
Joanne D. Birdwhistell, 2012
9
Mothers and Sons in Chinese Buddhism
Perhaps even more disturbing is the way these ten kindnesses are used in the
two lecture-note texts to reveal a harshness in the mother-son rhetoric that
borders on a Jonathan Edwards-style "unfilial sons in the hands of an angry
Buddha.
10
Lion and Dragon in Northern China
According to this theory, the Chinese who commits a dishonourable action is
unfilial; if he breaks the law he is unfilial; if he does not discharge all his dead
father's obligations he is unfilial; if he ruins his own health through immorality or ...
Reginald F. Johnston, 2011
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNFILIAL»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
unfilial is used in the context of the following news items.
8 Questions With Lawrence Ng: He's afraid of blood
... a corrupt lawyer in the period movie Hail The Judge (1994), as well as baddies in TV dramas, such as an unfilial son in The Feud Of Two Brothers (1986). «AsiaOne, Jul 15»
Gift of life from the living or the dead
To allow body parts to be taken from an elderly relative may be tantamount to being unfilial; compounding this is the fear of offending the spirit of the recently ... «The Straits Times, May 15»
'What's With this Family' Yoo Dong Geun, Kim Suh Rah's Secret Trip
In the drama, before Cha Soon Bong's illness was revealed to the public, Miss Go was framed as the culprit who was responsible for the unfilial duties. Because ... «KDramaStars, Jan 15»
Call Your Mother. Seriously.
Actually, what emerged was a special place in hell for the unfilial. Yes, here in Court Four of the underworld, offending offspring were being ground to a bloody ... «World Hum, Jan 15»
Unfilial son loses RM1b suit against mom over artistic treasure trove
The legal action brought by Xu Huayi is reminiscent of high-profile trust fund disputes in the West, and the family feud is a far cry from long-held Chinese ideals ... «The Rakyat Post, Oct 14»
The awakening of a nation permanently at peace
I shall leave behind in the world the reputation of having been disloyal and unfilial.” The old and the new fought a tragic battle in Kazan's soul. Had he been born ... «The Japan Times, Aug 14»
'Modern' kids drive parents to distraction
She bemoans the past, when her ancestors up to the sixth generation were taught to obey their parents, otherwise they would be considered unfilial. "People of ... «VietNamNet Bridge, Jun 14»
Some parents are monsters, not saints
For them, to hear that this makes them "unfilial" or wicked is just rubbing salt in the wound. Under China's rarely enforced filial support laws, an abused daughter ... «Global Times, Mar 14»
Chinese Clinics Offer Horrible 'Cures' For Homosexuality
... to provide an heir, a basic tenet, influenced to a certain extent by Confucianism, that leads some young people to feel their homosexuality must be unfilial. «Business Insider Australia, Mar 14»
Elderly Chinese woman, 94, sues her daughter for care as aging …
And even children who can afford nursing homes fear sending their parents away will mark them as "unfilial," says sociologist Jenny Zhan, who has studied the ... «New York Daily News, Oct 13»
