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Since Confucian classics of Confucius and Mencius,a rather strange phenomenon has beenhappened–“Family Reverence is more important than Merciful”. On the one hand, as animportant part of the Confucian ideal personality, the " Family Reverence " is constantlytheoretical and systematic. On the other hand, this system is disproportionate to attend the first inthe "Book of Rites" and "ten righteous"" Merciful of Father" is seldom be mentioned. Confucianclassics such as "Analects of Confucius","Book of Rites," Menc ius "series, this polarization of"Family Reverence "and" Merciful of Father "not only in the length of an article but also in thecontent reflects the ground is particularly evident. In this article, the authors will closely focus onthe problem of “Family Reverence is more important than Merciful” in Confucius and Mencius,and as the main representative of three" dutiful son "cases among the Confucian classics, withlogical analysis and text interpretation as a means to try clarify the theoretical dilemma exists inthe traditional Confucian family ethics; Try to interpret the important significance of " FamilyReverence "in the context of Confucian role Ethics On this moral system and this phenomenonmay encounter problems in the era as well as the development will be facing challenges inpractice.