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Education First

Enlightening the World through the Culture of Filial Piety

by Master Ruyi

Everyone needs education to progress true love or care for others. Our world
in life and in moral development. offers great stimulation of the senses,
Education must be a priority in building but that only brings temporary happiness.

a country and raising up its people. To
How can we create a happy life? How
this end, the thousands of years of
can we make a warm and harmonious
Chinese tradition and culture hold
family? How can we build a successful
valuable lessons for today’s world. And
career, a stable society, a prosperous
among Chinese traditions, filial piety is
country, and a peaceful world? These
the most important for harmony and
are what everyone dreams of and hopes
happiness in life. It has a significant
for, but is it possible to realize such
impact on social stability and harmony
hopes? The answer is yes, but the way to
as well.
do so is a subject worth studying.
Filial piety is the foundation of a
Over the five thousand years of
happy and prosperous life. With the
Chinese history, there are three
development of modern science and
thousand years of written records.
technology, our material lives are much
During the reign of Emperor Huangdi, in
richer and more convenient, but our
the third century BC, the historian
spiritual lives are becoming more and
Cangjie came up with the first Chinese
more empty. Modern people pay
system of writing. Over the years, we
attention to utility and ignore morality,
have cherished the wisdom of our
often exhibiting selfishness and lack of
sages, starting from Fuxi and Shennong,

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