"It's just that the Chinese have traditionally called it 'filial piety,'" says Chuang. Perhaps because in the past filial piety had become a hard-and-fast standard that required everyone to abide by it without exception, Chuang continues, it had become a heavy burden on the children. But the basic feelings of filial piety would not change just because the patterns of interaction between the two generations had.
「只不過傳統中國將之稱為『孝』罷了，」莊慧秋說，過去或許因為孝道成為一套硬性標準，僵化同等的要求每個人，成為子女的沈重枷鎖，但這一種在被稱為孝之下的基本情感，不會因為兩代互動方式改變而消失。