quân thân

Thân thiện

Đạo quân thân là nền tảng của Nho giáo, đòi hỏi bề tôi phải trung với vua, con cái phải hiếu với cha mẹ.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The king and one's parents: A classical Confucian concept referring to the two primary duties of loyalty (to the sovereign/king) and filial piety (to one's parents). It represents the fundamental dual obligations of a person in traditional society.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Đạo quân thân là nền tảng của Nho giáo. (The duty of loyalty to the king and filial piety to parents is the foundation of Confucianism.)
  • Trong tư tưởng truyền thống, trung với vua và hiếu với cha mẹ (quân thân) là điều tối quan trọng. (In traditional thought, loyalty to the king and filial duty to parents (quân thân) is of utmost importance.)

Advanced Usage

• "Đạo quân thân": The doctrine or way of loyalty and filial piety.
  • Các sĩ phu ngày xưa luôn đề cao đạo quân thân. (The scholars of the past always upheld the doctrine of loyalty and filial piety.)

Variants and Related Words

• Trung quân (v): To be loyal to the king/sovereign. (A key component of ).
• Hiếu thân (v): To be filial to one's parents. (A key component of ).

Synonyms

• Trung hiếu: Loyalty and filial piety. (This is a near-synonymous compound term combining the two core ideas of ).

Notes on Meaning

• This is an archaic, literary term deeply rooted in East Asian Confucian philosophy. It is rarely used in modern conversational Vietnamese but appears in historical, philosophical, or literary contexts to describe the core social virtues of pre-modern society. The term itself is a fixed compound representing the dual concept.

Học thuật

1. [Duty towards] the king and one's parents