中国和日本是一衣带水的邻邦,有着两千多年的交流历史,对于中日孝道的研究一直是中日两国学者的热门话题,如儒释道中的孝与日本孝的研究等。本篇从中日两国民间流传的孝子故事为出发点来研究中日“孝”的传播方式,分析中国孝的“自下而上”与日本孝的“自上而下”的形成过程以及内在原因,从而更加了解中日两国孝道的不同之处,真正了解日本孝文化的传播方式。 China and Japan are neighbors of the clothing belt and have more than two thousand years of exchanges. The study of filial piety in China and Japan has always been a hot topic for scholars in China and Japan, such as filial piety in Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism and Japanese filial piety. Based on the folk filial piety story spread between China and Japan, the article explores the modes of communication between China and Japan and “filial piety” and analyzes the relationship between filial piety, “bottom-up” and Japanese filial piety. The process of its formation and its internal causes, so as to better understand the differences between filial piety in China and Japan and truly understand the mode of transmission of Japanese filial piety culture.