In Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee, there are many cases follow the Confucius guide previously mentioned. It s therefore believed that every person has a duty to follow through with their role within society, a concept which is clearly upheld by Judge Dee throughout the book. For example, a father in family can also be a subject to the rulers, a friend to other people and meanwhile a son to his mother. These relationships are also interchangeable and relative.
Finally, friends should be honest and trustworthy toward one another.įrom the five relationship principle, every person has many roles to play in this life, or in this society, and must obey these five relationships so that the world and the universe can improve toward perfection. The elder brother should be a good role model and take good care of and younger one, while the younger one should respect the older brother (brothers being fraternal to each other). The husband should treat his wife respectfully, while the wife should support the husband. Between ruler and subject, the rulers are responsible for taking care of his people, trust his subject and be a good model, while the subjects should remain loyal and faithful to their rulers. The relationship between father and son, according to Confucius, is that children always respect their parents and parents always are a moral model for their children. These relationships refer to the ties between father and son, ruler and subject, husband and wife, elder brother and younger brother, and those between friends.