身体髪膚これを父母に受くあえて毀傷せざるは孝の始めなり
しんたいはっぷこれをふぼにうくあえてきしょうせざるはこうのはじめなり
Also written 身体髪膚これを父母に受くあえて毀傷せざるは孝の始なり
Meanings
- Expression filial piety begins with not harming one's own body (as one's entire body was given by one's parents) (from The Classic of Filial Piety)
Kanji
- 身 body. Read as シン.
- 体 body. Read as タイ.
- 髪 hair. Read as ハツ.
- 膚 skin
- 父 father
- 母 mother
- 受 receive. Read as うけ.
- 毀 damage
- 傷 wound. Read as ショウ.
- 孝 filial piety. Read as コウ.
- 始 begin. Read as はじめる.