Classic of Filial Piety

Classic of Filial Piety

Niu Shuyu's frontispiece of The Classic of Filial Piety (1826)
Author	(trad.) Confucius
Published	c. 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 meaning	filial piety classic
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xiàojīng Bopomofo ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄥ Wade–Giles Hsiao4-ching1 Tongyong Pinyin Siào-jing IPA [ɕjâʊ tɕíŋ] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Haau Gīng Jyutping Haau3 Ging1 IPA [haːu˧.keŋ˥] Southern Min Tâi-lô Hàu King Old Chinese Baxter–Sagart (2014) *qʰˤruʔs klˤeŋ[1]
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet	Hiếu Kinh
Chữ Hán	孝經
Korean name
Hangul	효경
Hanja	孝經
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Hyogyeong
Japanese name
Kanji	孝経
Hiragana	こうきょう
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Kōkyō Kunrei-shiki Kôkyô

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.^[2]