Lin Su on the Way of Filial Piety

He stepped onto a willow branch, his hair streaming high above him as he looked down over the entire city. "Lin Su of Great Cang wishes to discuss the Way of Filial Piety today! All fathers and elders across the city, regardless of whether you are Great Confucians or students, scholars, farmers, artisans, merchants, officials, or commoners, whether you dwell in lofty towers or humble homes, men or women, old or young—all may hear it!"

The moment his voice rang out, it covered the entire city!

It even rose straight to Western Mountain!

On Western Mountain, birds took flight and fallen blossoms danced. At Princess Yufeng's residence, Xie Xiaoyan sprang to her feet. Across from her, the tea in Bi Xuanji and Lu Youwei's palms suddenly rippled like spring waters in March...

"He has entered the capital!"

"He wants to debate the Dao!"

"Go!"

Within Wenyuan Pavilion, Zhang Juzheng's eyes suddenly lit up. "Everyone in the city may hear it—this truly sets a precedent for Dao debate!"

Indeed. Dao debate was something reserved for the highest echelon of the Literary Way. How could ordinary folk ever hear it?

Yet today, Lin Su had publicly declared that all people, regardless of profession, could listen. The sheer grandeur of such bearing overshadowed the whole world for a time.

Lin Su began his discourse. "What is filial piety? I shall define it in one sentence: To serve one's parents well is filial piety!"

With only that one sentence, azure lotuses suddenly stirred beneath his feet. With only that one sentence, he had touched upon the mysteries of the Sacred Dao!

Why? Because those words were an unparalleled distillation of filial piety.

Night Talks by the Hearth had become an immortal masterpiece precisely because of that sentence.

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