Xiàozǐ Zhuàn 孝子傳 (anonymous II)
Biographies of Filial Sons (second anonymous collection) anonymous
About the work
Xiàozǐ Zhuàn 孝子傳 is a jíyìběn reconstruction of a second anonymous collection of filial son biographies, distinct from the smaller anonymous compilation at KR4k0397. At over 1100 lines, it is one of the more substantial xiàozǐ zhuàn reconstructions in this division, comparable in scale to the named collections of 蕭廣濟 (KR4k0396) and 宋躬 (KR4k0402).
Tiyao
No tiyao found in source. This is a jíyìběn reconstruction.
Abstract
This larger anonymous collection may represent fragments that circulated unattached to any specific author in the reference works that preserved them, or it may be the remnant of a named collection whose attribution was lost. The tales span the full range of filial piety tropes: miraculous responses to sincere devotion, extreme bodily sacrifice, recognition by the state, and the supernatural rewards that accrued to the filially virtuous. The fragments were recovered principally from the Tàipíng Yùlǎn 太平御覽 and the Yìwén Lèijù 藝文類聚.
Translations and research
No substantial secondary literature located.