# filial piety [[Wu Zetian was able to poison one son and depose the others in part thanks to an emphasis on filial piety and revered motherhood.]][^1] ## etymology **Filial:** > ‘From Middle English filial, from Latin fīliālis, from filius (“son”) / filia (“daughter”).’[^2] [^1]: Ping Yao, *[[Yao, Women, Gender, and Sexuality in China, 2022|Women, Gender, and Sexuality in China: A Brief History]]* (Routledge, 2022), pp. 16–17. [^2]: ‘filial’, Wiktionary, last edited 6 February 2025, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/filial.