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210 Notes36 Analects 7.14. The Shi Ji adds to this story by saying that when Confucius wasin Qi, he discussed music with its Music Master and, when he heard the Shao ,studied it. Shi Ji “ Kongzi Shi Jia. ”37 Analects 17.21.38 Analects 7.8.39 Analects 9.23.40 Analects 9.4.41 Analects 2.4.42 Analects 7.3.43 Analects 7.16.44 Analects 5.26, following Slingerland, Confucius: Analects 50.45 Analects 7.19.46 Analects 9.12.Notes to Chapter 21 The term filial piety is not found on the oracle bones from the Shang dynasty.It develops an independent existence quite late. It is found on the bronze vesselsand in The Book of Poetry and The Book of History . From the early Zhouon, filial piety is closely tied to blood relationship, particularly in the performanceof family and clan sacrifices. Many commentators argue that, althoughthe character itself is not found on the oracle bones, the Shang and earliersocieties give clear evidence of clan and family solidarity and a continuationof the clan ’ s relationship with the dead. This is the basis of the ideal of filialpiety. Rosemont and Ames suggest alternative translations for xiao such asfamily responsibility, family deference, family feeling, or family reverence; seeHenry Rosemont Jr. and Roger Ames, The Chinese Classic of Family Reverence(Honolulu: University of Hawai ’ i Press, 2009), 1.2 Analects 2.5.3 Classic of Filial Piety , SPPY ed., 2.8; compare Rosemont and Ames, 111.4 Classic of Filial Piety , SPPY ed., 2.7b; compare Rosemont and Ames, 110.5 Analects 17.21.6 Analects 13.18. See also the Mencius 7A:35 for a similar point of view.Mencius used the example of the sage - king Shun, and the stories of his filialpiety toward parents who did not love him, as the highest examples of moralbehavior.7 Quoting the Analects 2.5, Liu JeeLoo says filial piety is not blind: respect isnot due an elder who is not virtuous. See her An Introduction to ChinesePhilosophy (Malden, MA, and Oxford: Blackwell, 2006 ), 52. See also John H.Berthrong and Evelyn Nagai Berthrong, Confucianism: A Short Introduction(Oxford: Oneworld, 2000 ), 27 for a similar evaluation.8 Analects 4.18.9 The Book of Rites , “ Nei Zei ” (Domestic Regulations); compare Legge, The LiKi [ Li Ji ] Sacred Books of China , trans. James Legge (Oxford: Clarendon Press,1879), vol. 1, 456 – 57. See also the “ Qu Li Xia ” chapter that says, “ The properritual for a minister is that he should not remonstrate in public. If the minister