WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Inherent in Confucianism is the value of filial piety, which demands respect and obligation to aging parents, honoring the family name, and an emphasis on group harmony rather than individual identity.

Detailed explanation-2: -The imperial family and other notables sponsored the publication of morality books that encouraged the practice of Confucian values: respect for parents, loyalty to government, and keeping to one’s place in society-farmers should remain farmers, and practice the ethics of farming.

Detailed explanation-3: -(in Confucianism) the important virtue and primary duty of respect, obedience, and care for one’s parents and elderly family members.

Detailed explanation-4: -To a first approximation: on the Confucian account, respectfulness toward people and things is a manifestation of a frame of mind, or a character trait, that guides one’s way of life generally, and that involves, among other things, caution, attentiveness, and seriousness.