Breaking the filial absolutes In fact, consider this traditional Taiwanese proverb: "Spare not your last hog for your children's sake; but don't even give old folks a pair of chopsticks." It's clear that unfilial behavior is hardly an exclusively modern problem. When exploring the reasons behind the collapse of filial piety in modern times, the factors are very complex.
掙破絕對主義孝道觀其實，看看台灣諺語說的：「養孩子不惜一隻豬，養老子不甘多雙筷」，不孝，絕非現代問題；探究現代孝道的崩解，因素複雜，也無法簡單的以「現代人比較不孝」來解讀。