Zengzi Quote on Reverence for the Departed: How Ancestral Rites Shape Public Virtue

Zengzi Quote: Let there be careful attention to perform the funeral rites to parents, and let them be followed when long gone with the ceremonies of sacrifice - then the virtue of the people will resume its proper excellence.

Let there be careful attention to perform the funeral rites to parents, and let them be followed when long gone with the ceremonies of sacrifice – then the virtue of the people will resume its proper excellence.

慎终追远,民德归厚矣。

Source: The Analects, Xue Er I, Chapter 9

Author: Zengzi / 曾子

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