Which of these statements best summarizes the content of the passage? a. a man must live according to his father’s will for the rest of his life. b. filial loyalty does not end when a man’s father dies. c. filial loyalty is of little importance in the confucian philosophy. d. independence is more important than filial loyalty in the confucian philosophy.

b. Filial loyalty does not end when a man’s father dies.

Filial piety is the principal virtue of the Confucian philosophy. It refers to a person’s duty to serve and respect his parents or elders; but this does not end when the parents or elders die. Initially, devotion to dead ancestors and parents and this obligation to give them sustenance and sacrifice should continue on from generation to generation.

a variant spelling of the word dote (british)