Particular duties arise from one's particular situation in relation to others. The individual stands simultaneously in several different relationships with different people: as a junior in relation to parents and elders, and as a senior in relation to younger siblings, students, and others. While juniors are considered in Confucianism to owe their seniors reverence, seniors also have duties of benevolence and concern toward juniors. The same is true with the husband and wife relationship where the husband needs to show benevolence towards his wife and the wife needs to respect the husband in return. This theme of mutuality still exists in East Asian cultures even to this day.
Particular duties arise from one's particular situation in relation to others The individual stands simultaneously in several different relationships with different people as a junior in relation to parents and elders and as a senior in relation to younger siblings students and others While juniors are considered in Confucianism to owe their seniors reverence seniors also have duties of benevolence and concern toward juniors The same is true with the husband and wife relationship where the husband needs to show benevolence towards his wife and the wife needs to respect the husband in return This theme of mutuality still exists in East Asian cultures even to this day