Table of contents : Acknowledgements Contributors Introduction 1. The Evolution of the Concept of Filial Piety (Xiao) in the Laozi, the Zhuangzi, and the Guodian Bamboo Text Yucong,Ikeda Tomohisa 2. Filial Piety with a Vengeance: The tension between rites and law in the Han Anne Cheng 3. Reverent Caring: The parent-son relationship in early medieval tales of filial offsprings Keith Knapp 4. Filial Devotion for Women: A Buddhist testimony from third century China Yuet Keung 5. Immortal Parents and Universal Kin: Family values in medieval Daoism Livia Kohn 6. Filial Piety and "Authentic Parents" in Religious Daoism Mugitani Kunio 7. Imperial Filial Piety as a Political Problem Patricia Ebrey 8. From the Classic of Filial Piety to the Biographical Accounts of Filial Piety: Emperor Chengzu and imperial filial piety of the Ming dynasty Lee Cheuk Yin 9. Does Xiao Come Before Ren? Alan K. L. Chan 10. Filial Piety, Commiseration and the Virtue of Ren Sin Yee Chan 11. Filial Piety as Virtue Philip J. Ivanhoe 12. Filial Piety as Respect for Tradition A. T. Nuyen 13. Reflections on Filiality, Nature and Nurture Lisa Raphals 14. Filial Daughters-In-Law: Questioning Confucian filiality Sor-hoon Tan
Contributor Information :Alan K. L. Chan, National University of Singapore Chan Sin-Yee, Uiversity of Vermont, USA Anne Cheng, Centre D'Etudes Chinoises at L'Institut National des Langues et Civilisation Orientales (INALCO), Paris, France Patricia Ebrey, Uiversity of Washington, Seattle, USA Ikeda Tomohisa, University of Tokyo, Japan Philip Ivanhoe, Boston University, USA Keith Knapp, The Citadel, USA Livia Kohn, Boston University, USA Lee Cheuk Yin, National University of Singapore Yuet Keung Lo, National University of Singapore Mugitani Kunio, Kyoto University, Japan A. T. Nuyen, National University of Singapore Lisa Raphals, University of California, Riverside, USA Sor-hoon Tan, National University of Singapore

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