Paragons of Filial Piety
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Filial piety (kô,
孝), respect for older relatives, is an
important virtue in Buddhism, Confucianism, Shintoism and Taoism. The book, The Twenty-four Paragons of
Filial Piety, was written by the Chinese scholar Guo Jujing
during the Yuan Dynasty. He is known
in Japan as Kaku Kyokei. The book recounts the self-sacrificing
behavior of twenty-four sons and daughters who go to extreme lengths to honor
their parents, stepparents, grandparents, and in-laws. The kanji for filial piety (孝) is composed of the kanji for elder (老) above the kanji for child (子). |
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Series |
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Robinson 1961‡ |
Robinson 1982* |
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Mirror of the Twenty-four
Paragons of Filial Piety (Nijûshi-kô dôji kagami) |
1840 |
12 |
S13 |
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“Brother Pictures” for the 24 Paragons of Filial Piety (E-kyôdai uchibiki nijûshi-kô) |
1840 |
122 |
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Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety of Our Country (Honchô nijûshi-kô) |
1842-1843 |
28 |
S23 |
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Twenty-four Chinese Paragons of Filial Piety (chûban) (Morokoshi nijûshi-kô) |
1848 |
14 |
S60 |
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c. 1848 |
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Twenty-four Chinese Paragons of Filial Piety (ôban) (Morokoshi nijûshi-kô) |
1853 |
13 |
S79 |
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Twenty-four Selected
Paragons of Filial Piety (Mitate
nijûshi-kô) |
1854-1855 |
170 |
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‡ Listing in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson, 1961, Victoria and Albert Museum, London *
Series number in Kuniyoshi: The
Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press,
Ithaca, NY, 1982) and its privately published
supplement |
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