Stargate fiction and Confucius

Sorry I've posted so little recently.  I've been correcting html, as I uploaded my long-suffering Stargate novels to AO3.

The intent is to get enough readers to force me to write the third volume in the series.

I'm starting to get some decent feedback now, so Kerravonsen keep your fingers crossed.

I thought I might get a little bit of the research started now.

Is anyone familiar with the work of Confucius?  I know he had a lot to say  regarding how children should respect their elders and family loyalty.  I can find a lot of the general philosophy, but I'd like some historical feel as to how it might have worked in practice.  

So, anyone know much about ancient China?

A request to cat owners

 We've blackbirds nesting in our garden.  I look on them as welcome guests and hope that they will successfully rear their family.  I see them regularly visiting the nest with beaks full of worms, carefully checking all round the garden before they fly into the nest.

Henry woke up last night to the sound of blackbird alarm calls, so loud that they got him out of bed and into the garden.  He scared away three cats.

Please, for the duration of the nesting season, keep your cats indoors overnight.

They're beautiful animals, but they're natural hunters.  

I have a split personality when it comes to cats.

When I'm strolling along the road, I stop and pass the time of day with cats that come and introduce themselves and ask me to stroke them.

When I'm in my back garden, I hiss at them and demand that they leave.

Please, just for the nesting season, buy a litter tray and give the birds a chance.  I've been there when a cat has got the nestlings and it's heartbreaking.