Filial mourning (simplified Chinese: 丁忧; traditional Chinese: 丁憂; pinyin: dīngyōu) refers to a bureaucratic norm, practiced since the Han dynasty, whereby...

Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, also translated as The Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Chinese: 二十四孝), is a classic text of Confucian filial piety written...

expressions of, and exercises in, filial piety were the burial and mourning rituals to be held in honor of one's parents. Filial piety means to be good to one's...

Chen Shou. The Jin Shu mentioned that Chen Shou fell sick during the filial mourning period after his father's death. Some guests who visited his home expressed...

through this process of ancestor veneration (慎終追遠 shèn zhōng zhuī yuǎn). Filial mourning Ancestor veneration in China Colour in Chinese culture Chinese burial...

practice to read aloud the text when mourning one's parents. The text was also important politically, partly because filial piety was both a means of demonstrating...

Death anniversary Folk religion Festival Matsuri Sacrifice to Heaven Filial mourning Śrāddha Jecheon event Omiki Jangnye Merit-making Parentalia, similar...

return to after divorce (有所娶無所歸) The wife has served three years of filial mourning for deceased parent(s)-in-law (與更三年喪) The husband was poor upon marriage...

happened. This conclusion is reached by counting Wu Ding's 3 years of filial mourning as separated from his 59-year reign. The factor is not considered in...

by the death of his mother to return to Hunan Province to carry out filial mourning, which is supposed to last three years. Around the time, the Taiping...

will to be buried with Dong instead of her late husband. During her filial mourning period, her two sons (Empress Chen's brothers) Chen Xu and Chen Yu...

listened to him. When his mother died, Jia Xu resigned and went home for filial mourning. He was given the honorary position of a Household Counsellor (光祿大夫)...

his mother died, he resigned and returned home to perform filial mourning. After the mourning period, he returned to serve as Court Architect (將作大匠) and...

mother died, he resigned and went home to perform filial mourning. Three years later, just after the mourning period, he returned to serve as the Junior Vice...

lifestyle of filial mourning, which was customary for officeholders when their parent(s) died. He excused Cao Xiu from wearing mourning garments and gave...

welcome into their chambers" Han dynasty inscriptions often describe the filial mourning for their subjects. Murals painted on the walls of the Goguryeo tombs...

Yuan Shoutong 袁守侗 27 January 1780 13 January 1782 Left office for filial mourning Zhou Yuanli 周元理 27 January 1780 Acting Viceroy of Zhili Ying Lian 英廉...

promoted to the Guozijian in Nanjing as a professor, but went into filial mourning, returning to his native Quanzhou. During this time he participated...

state rituals and mourning rites for ancestors, up until late imperial times (13th–20th century). Also, sūtras and narratives about filial piety are still...

dutifully performed filial mourning. He also treated his stepmother in a courteous and respectful manner, which earned him fame for his filial piety. When chaos...

13 Fan Chengxun 范承勳 10 August 1694 15 November 1698 Left office for filial mourning 14 Zhang Penghe 張鵬翮 23 December 1698 28 April 1700 Reassigned to serve...

time, Zhong Hui was practising filial mourning because his mother recently died. However, he immediately stopped mourning and went to warn Sima Zhao when...

What's more, Xu was exiled to Yanping, Fujian. After a period of filial mourning for his mother, he returned to Beijing and was appointed the Jijiu...

three-year project, Fan's mother died and he resigned his post for filial mourning. In recognition of Fan's dedication to advocating for this project...

leaving their posts without approval, even when they needed to perform filial mourning. However, there were still many officials who disregarded the laws...

including financial, and mourning in the event of death. Fulfilment of these duties constituted the principal Chinese virtue - filial piety (xiao, 孝). Family...

Confucian philosophy calls for paying respect to one's ancestors, an aspect of filial piety; Zhuo Xinping (2011) views traditional patriarchal religion as the...

his father and his responsibilities as the eldest son in filial mourning. The end of the mourning period allowed Xu to begin his diplomatic service, succeeding...

for his filial piety, which he maintained even when he was already in his 60s. When his mother died, he left office to perform filial mourning and displayed...

and grandfather died, Zhou Tai had to retire temporarily to perform filial mourning for nine years. Sima Yi valued Zhou Tai so much that he reserved a...