Exploring the Analects

Exploring the Analects

Book 1: 《學而》 Xue Er (Studying)

《學而》 Passage 1.11

子曰:「父在,觀其志;父沒,觀其行;三年無改於父之道,可謂孝矣。」

Legge Translation (1861)

The Master said: "While a man's father is alive, look at the bent of his will; when his father is dead, look at his conduct. If for three years he does not alter from the way of his father, he may be called filial."

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