Classic of Filial Piety

Classic of Filial Piety
Niu Shuyu's frontispiece of The Classic of Filial Piety (1826)
Author(trad.) Confucius
Publishedc. 4th century BC
Classic of Filial Piety
"Xiàojīng" in—from top to bottom—seal script and traditional and simplified characters
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese孝經
Simplified Chinese孝经
Literal meaningfilial piety classic
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiàojīng
Bopomofoㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄥ
Wade–GilesHsiao4-ching1
Tongyong PinyinSiào-jing
IPA[ɕjâʊ tɕíŋ]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationHaau Gīng
JyutpingHaau3 Ging1
IPA[haw˧.kɪŋ˥]
Southern Min
Tâi-lôHàu King
Old Chinese
Baxter–Sagart (2014)*qʰˤruʔs klˤeŋ
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabetHiếu Kinh
Chữ Hán孝經
Korean name
Hangul효경
Hanja孝經
Transcriptions
Revised RomanizationHyogyeong
Japanese name
Kanji孝経
Hiraganaこうきょう
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnKōkyō
Kunrei-shikiKôkyô

The Classic of Filial Piety, also known by its Chinese name as the Xiaojing, is a Confucian classic treatise giving advice on filial piety: that is, how to behave towards a senior such as a father, an elder brother, or a ruler.

The text was most likely written during the late Warring States period and early Han dynasty and claims to be a conversation between Confucius and his student Zengzi. The text was widely used during the Han and later dynasties to teach young children basic moral messages as they learned to read.

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