Confucian Analects · Analects 2.6
Mang Wu asked what filial piety was. The Master said, 'Parents are anxious lest their children should be sick.'
Chinese · source text【第六章】孟武伯問孝、子曰、父母唯其疾之憂。
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Confucius · English translation by James Legge · bilingual transcription
James Legge, The Chinese Classics, Volume 1: Confucian Analects · Project Gutenberg #4094
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