Confucianism also had strict requirements regarding ancestor worship. Ancestors were still family and certainly counted as elders, so they were to be treated with immense respect and veneration. The reciprocal obligations in between family members and the base virtue of respect for parents and ancestors is called filial piety. If everyone obeyed filial piety and respected their elders, obeyed their parents, assisted the elderly, protected children and treated siblings fairly, society would be harmonious and peaceful.