Why was it important for Chinese to respect there elders

Respecting elders is important because they have more experience than younger people and are able to share their wisdom with others. The elderly need support, and teaching respect makes young people more likely to help. Respect for the elderly is common in many cultures.

so, it seems many people do believe that if you try to do that, you are crazy. but quite on the contrary, l don't think it's against chineses cluture when you explain to someone who is much older than you that respect needs to be earned, or that you are not going to respect them simply because of their age

sure, chineses culture values a kind of social  hirerachy which lagely depends on social experience, one factor that is often ilustrated by ''age and young chinese are taught to respect anyone that stands one step or stepts highter than them untill they themselves have matured into their predecessor's places. hence the dogma of respeing your teacher your parents as well as older people.

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2018 means 2018 ce or common era

there have been other eras too including bce, which included way more years.

a social contract.

"a social contract is an agreement between citizens and their leader where the citizens give up certain freedoms in exchange for protection. the constitution of the united states is an example of a social contract."