1Tsze-yu asked what filial piety was. The Master said, 'The filial piety of now-a-days means the support of one's parents. But dogs and horses likewise are able to do something in the way of support;-- without reverence, what is there to distinguish the one support given from the other?'
Book 2, Passage 2.7
Tsze-yu asked what filial piety was. The Master said, 'The filial piety of now-a-days means the support of one's parents. But dogs and horses likewise are able…
子游问孝，子曰：“今之孝者，是谓能养。至于犬马，皆能有养。不敬，”…
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子游：孔子的高足，姓言，名偃，字子游，吴人。