父執

From a passage from the Book of Rites:

見父之執，不謂之進不敢進，不謂之退不敢退；不問，不敢對。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]

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见父之执，不谓之进不敢进，不谓之退不敢退；不问，不敢对。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

Jiàn fù zhī zhí, bù wèi zhī jìn bùgǎn jìn, bù wèi zhī tuì bùgǎn tuì; bù wèn, bùgǎn duì. [Pinyin]

When he sees an intimate friend of his father, not to presume to go forward to him without being told to do so; nor to retire without being told; nor to address him without being questioned.

父執

1. (literary) friends of one's father