Hundreds of years ago someone compiled 24 stories of an ancient Chinese value known as xiao or Filial Piety. These stories show immense love and respect for parents often at great personal cost to the child. And some of these stories have aged really poorly! For instance, the story of Guo Ju has him burying his own child so that he can feed his mother! Others have children laying on ice to thaw it, eating feces to test the health of parents, letting mosquitoes bite them, acting like children to entertain mom and dad, crying at tombstones, and divorcing a spouse because they insulted a parent's memory. This value may seem extreme today but has a huge pull on modern society in East Asia and held society together for thousands of years. It also found itself being quickly adopted by the government which resulted in a push to honor the Emporer as you would a parent.

So come along this week as Pilgrimage Films dives into the concept of Filial Piety and asks whether or not it's ok to give up everything for parents. Why would they do that? And what does the Bible say about this sort of thing?

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🤔 What Does the Bible Say?

Genesis 2:24

1 Tim 5:4-8

Ephesians 5:22-28

Matthew 10:34-39

Matt 12:48-50

Romans 12:21


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Pilgrimage Films exists to bring you with us on the missionary journey. By creating faith-based content for students and families, Pilgrimage shows the often-unseen world of missionaries, religions, and cultures.

📚 Resources
A great English source for digging deeper on TFR! Updated regularly, reach out to us for a current version. Taiwanese Folk Religion - David Eastwood and OMF International [ Ссылка ]

To learn more about our mission agency, Word of Life
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Music provided by Epidemic Sound

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