THESE DEPEND UPON THE FOLLOWING RELATIONSHIP:-
- ruler and subject,
- father and son,
- husband and wife,
- elder and younger brother,
- friend and friend.
Specific duties were prescribed to each of the participants in these sets of relationships. Such duties were also extended to the dead, where the living stood as sons to their deceased family. This led to the veneration of ancestors. In time, filial piety was also built into the Chinese legal system: a criminal would be punished more harshly if the culprit had committed the crime against a parent, while fathers exercised enormous power over their children. Much the same was true of other unequal relationships.
YOU MINGLE BETWEEN YOUR FAST AND PRESENT.
THAT IS WHEN YOU THINK YOU EITHER THINK ABOUT YOUR PAST OR ABOUT YOUR FUTHER.
THAT IT'S
