[109] ] Lit., "A person having filial piety is called a person." The word hito (person), usually indicating either a man or a woman, is often used in the signification of "people" or "Mankind." The full meaning of the sentence is that no unfilial person deserves to be called a human being.
The second:—
Higher than the [mountain] Fuji is the favor of a father:
Think of it always;—never forget it.
The third:—
[Compared with a mother's love] the great lake is shallow indeed!
[By this saying] the goodness of a mother should be estimated.
The fourth:—
Even though in poverty we have to pass our days,
Let us never turn aside from the one straight path.
The fifth:—
The person whose heart never changes with time,
A true man or woman that person must be deemed.
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