"Do you know why this is?" Yang Chuxia asked her.
Qian Xiaoqing had heard quite a bit about the matters of the Yang Family and didn't understand how Yang Chuxia could be so frightening.
"You don't know? Let me tell you. In the face of right and wrong, all attempts to use one's age to gain respect are the most contemptible. Right is right, wrong is wrong; in the eyes of the heavens, you won't be forgiven for your misdeeds just because you're an elder, so yes, I dare to strike. Understand?"
What she didn't say was that this was exactly why the virtue of elders precedes the filial piety of the young. The virtue of elders often referred to not just one's own kin but all older people; only if elders are benevolent can the young show respect and obedience.
