孝こう敬けい

noun

filial piety

A formal term for the Confucian virtue of respecting and caring for one's parents and ancestors. Often used in ethical or historical contexts.

• 孝こう敬けいは儒じゅ教きょうの基き本ほん的てきな徳とく目もくの一ひとつです。

  Filial piety is one of the fundamental virtues in Confucianism.