Filial Piety in China Redux
Issue Date
2012-11-28Author
Hacker, Randi
Publisher
Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas
Type
Recording, oral
Is part of series
Postcards from Asia;0276
Published Version
https://audioboom.com/posts/1067979-0276-filial-piety-in-china-redux?playlist_direction=reversedMetadata
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Broadcast Transcript: "The 24 Paragons of Filial Piety" is a sort of extreme parent-care manual. Written 600 years ago, the book features tales like the one of the son who sat awake all night without his shirt to draw mosquitoes away from his sleeping father and the one of the daughter who cut out her own liver to feed her sick mother and the one of the son who sold himself into slavery to pay for his father's funeral. Though the tales themselves may seem a bit out of date, the Chinese government is behind the general message particularly because of China's growing grey population. And so it has issued an updated edition Teach Mom to use the internet, it says. Take Dad to a film. Find a new mate for a widowed parent. Wait. What? Filial piety maybe a tradition in China, but acting as matchmaker for the parents? Awkward! Today's filially pious would probably prefer to cut out their livers than give away an elderly parent at the altar. #ceas #hacker #china
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This is one of hundreds of 60-second radio spots created by the Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) for Kansas Public Radio (KPR). The purpose of this outreach program is to introduce the people of Kansas to the culture and current issues of East Asia.
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