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answered: "Parents should only have anxiety when their children are ill."

CHAPTER VII. — When Tzŭ Yu asked the meaning of filial piety the Master said: "The filial piety of the present day merely means to feed one's parents; but even one's dogs and horses all get their food; — without reverence wherein lies the difference?"