身体髪膚これを父母に受くあえて毀傷せざるは孝の始めなり (しんたいはっぷこれをふぼにうくあえてきしょうせざるはこうのはじめなり) – filial piety begins with not harming one's own... | Shirabe

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身体髪膚しんたいはっぷこれを父母ふぼに受うくあえて毀傷きしょうせざるは孝こうの始はじめなり

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filial piety begins with not harming one's own body (as one's entire body was given by one's parents)

from The Classic of Filial Piety

Kanji

身シン somebody, person, one's station in life 体タイ body, substance, object 髪ハツ hair of the head 膚フ skin, body, grain 父フ father 母ボ mother

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