 | Vern L. Bullough, Bonnie Bullough - 1994 - 668 דפים
...life. For example: "That male and female should dwell together is the greatest of human relations"; "There are three things which are unfilial, and to have no posterity is the worst of them"; and "When a son is bom, what is desired for him is that he may have a wife; when daughter... | |
 | Harold G. Coward, Phinit Rattanakun - 1999 - 287 דפים
...piety is to provide male offspring to propagate the family name. Mencius specifically stated that, "There are three things which are unfilial, and to have no posterity is the greatest of them all."28 This explains why births in general and male births in particular are welcome events in Chinese... | |
 | Matthew Harvey Sommer - 2000 - 868 דפים
...procreation, was always understood to play a central role in filial piety. As Mencius famously commented: "There are three things which are unfilial, and to have no posterity is the greatest of them" (Legge 1970, 313). T'ung-tsu Ch'ii elaborates: "It may be said that the family had to be maintained... | |
 | Daniel C. Maguire - 2001 - 176 דפים
...born in a world in which life was short and perilous. Fertility was stressed. The Confucian writer Mencius said: "There are three things which are unfilial, and to have no posterity is the worst of them." Shang says: "Many Chinese, if not most, still believe in this today." Through history,... | |
 | Peter N. Gregory - 2002 - 388 דפים
...maintenance of ancestor worship. The emphasis placed on producing progeny was duly stated by Mencius: "There are three things which are unfilial, and to have no posterity is the greatest of them."25 A celibate son, renouncing his sacred duty for a life as a Buddhist monk, thus seemed to threaten... | |
 | Daniel C. Maguire - 2003 - 308 דפים
...is also considered the most serious violation against traditional morality. As is stated in Mencius, "There are three things which are unfilial, and to have no posterity is the worst of them."" Many Chinese, if not most, still believe in this today. Some might jump to the conclusion... | |
 | Renzong Qiu - 2004 - 260 דפים
...piety is to provide male offspring to propagate the family name. Mencius has specifically stated that, "There are three things which are unfilial. and to have no posterity is the greatest of them all" tMencius 4A: 26; Lau. p. 75). This explains why births in general and male births in particular... | |
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There are three things which are unfilial, and to have no posterity is the greatest of them. 
