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Filial piety, or the respect for and care of parents, is regarded as a key social value in many societies. This is so especially in Asia where it is widely regarded as a central “Asian value.” The shared nature of this value in Asia is said to apply irrespective of ethnic and religious differences. Within Asia, filial piety is especially associated with East Asia, where the written character for filial piety is shared in Chinese, Korean, and Japanese writing. In Mandarin it is pronounced xiao and is constituted by a top character which is that for lao (old) and a lower character zi (young). “When combined to constitute xiao,” writes Charlotte Ikels, this “ideograph communicates multiple messages of which the officially preferred one is that the old are supported by the young(er generation)” (Ikels 2004, p. 3; parentheses original). Ultimately, Ikels notes, “in the classics and in popular thought, support, subordination (or...
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Lee, J.C. (2017). Globalization and Filial Piety. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3361-1
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