Lin Ming

the culture of is an important part of China's traditional culture, article from the historical evolution of the definition of the culture of filial piety and talked about, describes the influence of filial piety culture to ancient society and function, including the impact on the construction of law and on the effectiveness of the implementation of the new law, as well as stable social and cultural function. Proposed revitalization of the culture of filial piety in the present situation of China's aging society meaningful and happy families, maintain social stability and improve people's ethical quality, plays an active role. filial piety culture曰Confucian曰pension曰family

Filial piety culture is an important part call filial piety, filial piety, filial piety, is of Chinese traditional culture, and is the actually a separate expression of the different spiritual foundation of Chinese culture, aspects of a thing, which is a progressive and society, politics, law and enlightenment. Filial backward relationship. The original meaning piety is not only the most basic requirements of the filial piety is 野parents冶, made up of of Confucian political and ethical and value filial consciousness, the concept of filial piety standard, moral enlightenment of choice, in and filial conduct for, is the younger the field of filial piety culture in Chinese generation in handling the relationship with traditional culture in a core position, it's not the elders in the family should have moral only a kind of parent-child ethics code of quality and must abide by the code of ethics and values, but also contains the conduct. Filial piety emphasizes the politics, philosophy, religion and other theoretical aspects of filial piety, which is a aspects of cultural significance. compound concept, which has both cultural connotations and institutional etiquette, covering the contents of respect, devotion, health, and ending. And filial piety culture refers to the Chinese culture and the Chinese consciousness of filial piety, filial conduct for content and way, and its historical process , the political attribute and extensive social yan Traditional Chinese culture can be called combined, is to cover all about filial piety filial piety in some sense. What we usually thought theory, law, system, behavior norms, 89 Elder Law folk customs, such as social phenomenon. It advocates filial piety culture includes cultural landscape, historical stories, and moral norms to maintain human feelings, legends, folk customs, literature, art, and encourages people to promote such education, moral cultivation and aesthetic feelings and ethical obligations to the clan, taste. The filial rule, is filial piety culture country, society and country. And the old between represents a parent-child ethics code spirit. Instead of limiting filial piety to the of ethics and values, also affect and relationship between parents and children, implementation to the ancient political, Confucianism expanded it to be respectful of social, legal, education and other fields, has all the old and respected members of the become an important method in governing. family. According to the thought of the 野old冶 Therefore, the filial piety of the Chinese is of care for the elderly, and people, they have almost the biggest characteristic that respect for the elderly by statue on raising distinguishes them from other peoples. social old man of the family and then The connotation of filial piety culture is expanded to respect all of the elderly and the also the basic problem of filial culture elderly, require people to not only respect for research. The academic circle generalizes the their parents, but also with the same feelings connotation of filial piety and filial piety from to love other people爷s parents. the aspects of literature, history, ethics, chemistry and sociology. For example, filial piety is mainly composed of love, respect, loyalty and harmony. Love, respect, loyalty At present it is generally believed that and obedience are the ethical essence of filial filial piety late in the clan society patriarchal piety. Some of the content of filial piety is clan era, to the western zhou dynasty spring summarized as: I have the honour to use it, to and autumn period, filial piety to start from respect my parents; The parents have disease, the religious significance into pure ethical careful ministering; Family harmony and significance, from the clan ethics into family living together; The parents of the parents; ethics; The book of filial piety began to be Bereavement and sorrow of parents; To carry politicized in theory; When , the on the family, to inherit the father's spirit; For rulers in practice to further make its revenge, etc. politicised, appeared the situation of 野filial It is generally believed that the piety冶 governing, filial piety be incorporated connotation of traditional filial piety is mainly in the political and legal system, as the feudal to support parents. Because of the specific autocratic rule of ideological and moral parent-child relationship and the status of the foundation. Therefore, from the concept of elderly in the family, Chinese society has filial piety to the emergence of filial piety; formed a unique family endowment The formation of filial piety theory and filial 野feedback冶 mode, namely in front of the piety culture; The history of filial piety has children no independent ability parents have gone through at least a few stages after the the responsibility of raising children, and filial piety and the alienation of tang and song children when parents are old must do our dynasties. duty to support their parents. Each life comes down to the upbringing of the parents and relatives, in such a nurturing relationship, inevitably will naturally form the children to As a social ideology or as a concept of the parents, loved ones love and respect. people, filial piety should be produced in the 90 The New Value for Chinese Traditional Filial Piety Culture later stage of the patriarchal clan society and filial piety, including 野DE冶 has the same which has already begun to appear in the attributes) has the origin, nature, purpose and relationship of blood relationship and private characteristics of a unified. Emphasizes the ownership. According to the literature significance of this is that the basic norms of documents, filial piety of the initial mean the western zhou dynasty (DE ) and ZuJingZong, people for grateful to our patriarchal ethics values (xiao) inner link and parents and elder family upbringing, unity, is the western zhou dynasty two pillars expression of reverence and grief, gradually of the social superstructure. It should also be produced the 野filial piety冶, enjoy 野filial pointed out that the patriarchal law of the piety冶, 野si xiao冶 concept. After the formation western zhou dynasty plays an important role of the word, the initial form of the hyper in the formation of filial piety culture, and the character can be seen in the oracle bones of patriarchal system has a strong political color, Yin shang. The interpretation of 野filial piety冶 which makes it an important means to as 野filial piety冶 was interpreted by 野erya shi maintain patriarchal rule. xun冶 as 野filial piety冶. Said wen jie zi 野made more vivid explanation: the filial piety野 filial piety, good parents, from the old province, from the child, the child bearing older冶, show filial piety at first is only part of the Spring and autumn have entered a period adjustment between parents and children of turmoil and change. The filial piety of the family ethics, its main content is to worship western zhou dynasty has been shaken by the our ancestors good parents. According to the disintegration of the patriarchal system. In literature, the content of filial piety in the this era, Confucian school, represented by western zhou dynasty and the spring and , began to transform traditional autumn period is still the ancestor worship, filial piety. With benevolence of Confucius and the way of filial piety is mainly sacrifice. thought of the filial piety since the chow tai li Just as the sacrificial ceremony gradually made a supplement, modification, and evolved into ritual, the inherent content of the development, emphasis on filial piety is not sacrificial ritual is filial piety. So in the only the material 野have冶 to parents, more western zhou dynasty, 野rite冶 and 野filial important is the heart 野fear冶, improve the piety冶 has the inseparable relations, the ritual moral level of filial piety. Confucius is the basic code of conduct, the western zhou "benevolence" in there is the highest criterion dynasty nobles and filial piety is the western of human behavior, and how to put the zhou dynasty patriarchal ethical values of the 野benevolence冶 this common principles in the society, not only on the connotation and filial whole society to realize, we must from the piety are interlinked, have the meaning of野fil- beginning of the filial piety, 野the filial piety is ial piety冶; And also in the origin of filial the foundation of the kernel冶, 野benevolent, homology, that is to have close relationship people also, kiss for big冶, implements the with ancestor worship; And from the point of filial piety, is the starting point of view of development and to also like filial 野benevolence冶. Confucius was also the first piety reflected by the house and of the family to put forward the social and political and country characteristics, so the ritual as significance of filial piety. It was believed the externalization form of filial piety ethics that the filial piety was committed to the filial (including all the judgments of the value piety. He went on to point out: 野the book is in created by system, etiquette 野ritual冶), natural 91 Elder Law the clouds: filial piety, filial piety, relationship between filial piety and politics; brotherhood and politics. Is it also for the Method as well as the practice of filial piety, sake of politics?冶 In the view of Confucius, etc., among them such as Confucius and the practice of filial piety and brotherly love , once people of inheritance, and was applied to politics. The passage of the elaborated on the construction of filial piety, of Confucius is more representative filial piety to generalize the content of of his thought: 野he is also a filial piety, but he interpretation and politicized, the filial piety is not good enough to break the law. It is not to the management and all the lofty status. good to be a good offender. 冶If everyone can 野Filial piety冶 further enriched the connotation be filial, they will not be disturbed and social of filial piety culture and marked the order will be settled. Confucius combined completion of the reformation of Confucian 野benevolence冶 with 野filial piety冶 and 野filial filial piety theory. piety冶 and politics closely, making filial piety become the starting point and foundation of Confucianism thought system. After Confucius, mencius, zeng zi and The formation and development of the others inherited and elucidated the theory of ancient culture of filial piety was the stage of filial piety, especially zeng zi started the politicization and legalization, and the han Confucian school of filial piety. the dynasty was an important period. Han filial piety become the sum of all morality, dynasty in Chinese history, is known as the benevolence, righteousness, loyalty, letter, the 野filial rule the world冶, it take filial piety as its ritual, strong lines, such as the moral category own people and people of the main are said to be filial piety, it expanded into theoretical basis for safe, filial piety thoughts political behavior and social activities, and so penetrated into all aspects of the han dynasty on various aspects are interrelated standards society, political life, set up with filial piety of ethics. Not only that, zeng zi爷s important as the core of social ruling order. As the book development of filial piety theory is to further of han dynasty, the emperor of xuandi said, associate the loyal and filial piety with filial 野guide the people in filial piety.冶 In general, piety. In zengzi爷s theory, 野loyalty冶 has been filial piety culture evolved into the han brought into the category of filial piety, filial dynasty, showing the following piety the applicable range from before the characteristics: first, the principle of filial children of parents filial piety yan stretch for piety theory. That is to include the filial piety the social members of the monarchical into the general class of "three classes and loyalty, filial piety at this time has been with five" feudal morals. In the system of the han, the obvious loyal political color, for later dong zhongshu demonstrated the doctrine of generations of rulers to apply filial piety to 野the three classes冶 of the status of the the strategy of governing the country laid a emperor, the father, the father and the theoretical foundation. emperor, and the filial piety, which was Further theoretical and the ideas of filial directly subordinated to the moral category of piety in han dynasty is applied to the social 野the father as the subclass冶. This kind of filial and political practice was written in the late piety is often made and absolute, which has a warring states 野xiao冶, 野xiao冶 less than two profound influence on the feudal society. thousand words, eighteen chapters, it Second is the mystification of the argument of comprehensively and systematically about the filial piety theory. Dong zhongshu interprets basic theory of the Confucian filial piety; The filial piety with the theory of Yin and Yang 92 The New Value for Chinese Traditional Filial Piety Culture and the theory of the people, making filial 野The loyal minister will be filial, and the piety mysterious. The theory of secular filial father will be the ruler.冶 In this social fashion, piety, which originated from family and it began to distort the culture of filial piety. In society, proved to be a priori, and attached to the middle and late period of feudal times, the the mysterious theory of the five lines of the filial piety culture gradually was separated sky. Third, the politicization and practice of from its original meaning. At this time, the filial piety. As mentioned earlier, the filial piety was more explained as 野filial piety politicization of filial piety has been clarified and filial piety冶 and 野loyalty of the king冶, the in Confucianism, and filial piety is the only ruler even more emphasized 野minister theme, but it is still in the theoretical stage. In zhong冶 and 野filial filial piety冶, even put the han dynasty, the theory of filial piety was forward 野the death of the minister, the widely practiced, which was the greatest minister dare not die; The principle of characteristic of the evolution of filial piety in absolute filial piety, such as the death of the han dynasty. The Confucian book of filial father or the death of the son. The filial piety, piety was particularly valued in the han once advocated by the ruling class, soon dynasty and established its academic became a framework for the maintenance of standing. This marked the filial piety of the feudal ethics. In this period, 野24 filial piety冶 family relationship, and has become an finally formed and appeared in various important part of feudal thought. Filial piety versions, which is a corollary of the of pre-qin theory in the han dynasty new development of filial culture and a argument, interpretation, and lines, make the manifestation of the development of filial theory of filial piety is zero, mystification, culture. From xiao , to 野filial piety冶 politicized, and push to the social practice, twenty-four, filial piety is the fundamental the 野filial piety冶 governing practice for later content requests the children to the parents or generations to build social governance elders learns to obey absolutely, filial piety mechanism provides a template. culture to extremes, autocratic, mystification, ignorance, be included in the operation of political system. Because of its indoctrination, the culture From early on Monday anyway, filial is transformed into a ruling tool once it is piety 野filial piety冶, enjoy 野filial piety冶, 野filial aligned with the interests of the ruling class. piety冶, to the Confucian plain 野parent and In the course of development, the traditional culture experiences the process of alienation, children冶, 野filial piety冶, to 野filial rule the which is the inevitable result of cultural world冶 after the han, 野filial piety Yu Zhong冶, instrumentalization. From the context of this is ancient filial piety culture and the history, we can see, the filial piety culture evolution of the several important phase. into system and widely accepted by the society, rulers are starting to notice that the function of the filial piety culture, began to see it as an instrument of maintaining the feudal ruling class interests. In the wei and jin dynasties, rulers of all dynasties inherited the tradition of filial piety in han dynasty, but Traditional filial piety in the long mainly to achieve the purpose of filial piety. process of historical development, renovation 93 Elder Law of rulers through the ages, thinkers, has social acceptance, no social laws must become a content rich code of ethics, which conform to the popular moral requirement of contains many universal ethical spirit society, otherwise it will be difficult to play a transcend time and space in ancient times in role. China爷s unique national culture the course of thousands of years of universal ethics of Chinese family, development for the maintenance of national identification characteristics of deep and social harmony and stability, and has an mourning Ti, filial piety is reflected not only important function and influence. in the legal system, is also reflected in the legal consciousness of the people. Due to the inclusion of content of filial piety ethical law Filial piety culture once they have 野by your favor冶, with a very secular and become social and political needs and ethical 野emotion冶 and 野reason冶, and they generally spirit of the rule, must be included in the legal corresponds to the concept of filial piety and scope and main contents of the object of the family ethics, in the process of implementing legislation, the ancient law of legislative easily acceptable to the people of ancient principles, legal provisions and the judicial ideas about lack of rights. Many ethical law system will have a profound impact. As the acceptable to all sectors of the community, is legal expression of filial piety in early able to effectively play a legal tool. summer when it appeared, but as part of a wider practice of filial piety and gradually form a series system, should be from the law As filial piety can be implemented in all in the Han dynasty Confucianism began. sectors of society have a shared moral Based on 野filial piety冶 and related legal cognition and behavior standards that system: Justice Xiao Lian selected coordinate the relationship between various bureaucracy, mainly Han , is the first filial segments of society, social stability of piety into the field of administrative law grass-roots organizations, filial piety at home, provisions among relatives of concealment; and loyalty for the country, obey and assert its left support; clothing; the blood revenge authority, promote social and political custom and regulation; Mourning for oldest stability, has played an important role. pardon pension penalty principles; system restrictions on British Columbia young. Secondly, with regard to 野the unfilial In traditional education, the State incriminating冶 provisions and penalties. promoted and respected families make filial Ancient filial reverence and filial piety in piety culture into it, filial piety, Confucius ancient ethics in political influence and to said: 野filial piety, a virtue of this, taught from make 野unfilial冶 becomes very early into the birth.冶 A high-level position of filial piety in legal code of ethics. In ancient law, 野filial Chinese traditional education. Because of piety冶 is a separate charge, its connotations in filial piety in the beginning of the the history is different. enlightenment significance later thinkers have attached great importance to the principle, there have been theories of filial piety filial piety education, became Professor of the In a community of law and moral values national model of filial piety. Another maintained by the same, its realization is high-level education classic of filial piety is inseparable from the public recognition and the , it is the theory of Chinese 94 The New Value for Chinese Traditional Filial Piety Culture traditional filial piety education to the ideological basis of the feudal patriarchal socialization, practice transformation flags. despotism and fool the people. Thus with the Filial piety and teaching is inseparable, filial East of Western enlightenment, in the period piety was taught the main content, teaching is of new culture movement and the movement, a guarantee of piety. Traditional Chinese filial the traditional filial piety by Chen Duxiu, Li piety culture respected by the rulers and Dazhao, Hu Shi, Lu Xun, who sharply scholars praise, deep into the subconscious of criticized. This critique with the rationality of people, become a conscious act and ethical the times, in the social transformation in standards. modern China plays the role of enlightenment. After more than half a century, the tradition of filial piety has been Filial piety promotes family harmony used as a feudal dross has been criticized or since ancient times, the significance of snubbed due to decline. intergenerational harmony. It makes a sense, young arms, you can maintain basic norms of society of all ages and social and family harmony. 野Home and everything,冶 野master冶 should first be farming, harmonious and stable domestic agricultural production to maintain individual role is significant. Because the family is the basic social unit, In contemporary China爷s political family farming as a form of production is system, economic structure, culture and domestic shell existence and development; family life has a profound case for change, and the stability and development of the and how to find traditional The essence of small-scale peasant economy representatives filial piety culture and values And new and reflects the level of social productive annotation positioning and In transition , Is a forces and economic relations, before the notable subject. Song dynasty of China爷s feudal economy, politics, culture and development, Have played a productive role. Needless to say, culture of filial piety in the long ruled in feudal society and its Community, including developed thinkers mingled with some distorted to suit countries, ageing is currently the world爷s your needs 遥 Especially since the song after many countries and regions are facing a the Ming dynasty, after the publicity of Jurists serious social problem. The problem for transformation, filial connotation of China, is particularly serious and urgent. This alienation, characterized by one-sided year 8 months 24 days of China's national emphasis on obligation to value lead the people's Congress Standing Committee Li awareness on the rights of the people, humble Jianguo, Vice Chairman of the people爷s young sacrificed children爷s basic rights as a Republic of China Law on protection of moral doctrine; the authority values form too rights and interests of the elderly law much emphasis on obedience, For individual enforcement to check the figures cited in the freedom and independent personality and report show that, at present, The ageing of the depression caused by humanity , 野Yu Xiao冶 world's most populous country is as a moral compass, and eventually become accelerating. As of 2010 years 11 months 1 95 Elder Law days , China 60 People over the age of up to social ageing in developed countries, 1.78 million, of the total population of basically they had taken the lead after the 13.26% , 65 Aged for 1.19 billion, of total completion of the modernization and the population 8.87%. China became the world's emergence of ageing conditions, and our only old age population of more than 1 billion country is not yet implemented modernization of the country. Reports provide forecasting would appear a serious problem of an aging analysis noted that 2014 years China爷s society. Is particularly serious, China爷s elderly population will exceed 2 million,2025 economic development level is not high, Years 3 Million, 2042 Year proportion of the unbalanced distribution of regional economy, elderly population will more than 30%.As a rural social endowment insurance and populous country, China's aging society is pension conditions of urban low-income different from that of other countries, which groups are also very limited. Therefore, to will be called 野aging society with Chinese limit regardless of the conditions, it will be characteristics.冶 In addition to the large pushing this entirely social, apparently does elderly population base, rapid growth, not reality. empty-nest elderly and disability difficulties In our view, the endowment insurance more than China's ageing also presents prior policy of any country must take full account to industrialization, associated with of the country's socio-economic and cultural miniaturization of the family, the elderly environment, must be commensurate with dependency ratio rose sharply and so on. their level of socio-economic development. Offsite work with young people, parents and China is in the 野old before it gets rich冶 case children live in different places, more and ushered in an aging population, especially the more empty nesters, 2010 annual rural elderly population of China 70% per cent still empty-nest families of about 50%; disability, live in the countryside, most of life support half-deactivation of older persons 3300 capability is still relatively low, the lack of million. When Chinese people have gradually universal social pension insurance in rural when acceptance of the social old-age areas, Most still must rely on their children's pension, but had to face the growing support and with dignity. Our pension is a contradiction between supply and demand of family-oriented, which is not only the social service. According to the report, traditional pattern for thousands of years, are pension accounted for the elderly population decided by the national strength and national is the total number of beds 1.8%, lower than conditions. According to China爷s national developed countries 5% to 7% Proportion conditions, and socialized at the same time, also lower than some developing countries return to and promote the development of 2% To 3% Level. family support model, it is the inevitable So how to solve this problem? Of choice for China爷s social and economic course, with the development of the social development, pension will depend on the productive forces as well as the General culture of filial piety and family support. In increase in national income, older people can such cases, reconstruction of the traditional compare sound and a wide range of modern filial piety culture advocates respect for the institutional arrangements, such as old-age old, traditional virtues of respecting and insurance, charity and other ways to get helping the old, to solve the problem of aging financial security and independence, but the population in China, will have very important problem is that These are mainly from practical significance. Western experience of modern forms of Promoting filial piety and filial piety in 96 The New Value for Chinese Traditional Filial Piety Culture the popular culture, a universal mode of to the fine tradition of the Chinese nation, formation to honor their parents, is one of the emphasize that young and respecting, on the best ways to achieve family harmony and statue, the younger generation respect for the social stability. Even to a very high level of elderly and children to honor their parents, social development in the future, pension love, care, supporting the old, old people problems can be resolved by the State and retire, enjoying, this spirit in the past, present society, filial piety, respect for the human and and future, have a general social meaning. emotional content, still ahead of its time the Second, filial piety is still stable family universality and common, still needs to base, addressing social issues such as the promote. aging of pillars. Although in modern society In short, how to arrange and solve the is the trade mainly economic and social, but problems of millions of pension for the the family continues to be an integral part of elderly, will be the 21 One of the great its basic components. A rational concept of strategic task of the century, under the filial piety is an important factor of family circumstances, advocating filial piety culture stability and harmony. In the modern more profound social significance and concepts of filial piety to maintain family practical significance. harmony and stability not only improve productivity, but also help to ease and defuse social pressures and conflicts, especially to solve the growing problem of an aging society in China is of great significance. Filial piety has become part of the Third, the problem of old age pension culture of the Chinese nation, the culture of for the elderly, not just simple feed and clothe filial piety is the origin of modern value of and emotional care, family is what they need. harmonious interpersonal relationship is also And these needs met, only the family can an important cultural factor in maintaining achieve. Endowment support materially the social stability. Piety has always been elderly, but the concern on the lack of fundamental to personhood, is the traditional affection and comfort. Social security and virtues of the Chinese nation, and is a family protection is not contradictory, the fundamental element of family harmony, combination of the two is the key to solve the social stability, national unity. Its rational pension problem; by intrinsic factors of the kernel in harmonious families, maintain family pension -the reshaping of the culture social stability and improve people's ethical of filial piety, helped to promote the quality, plays an active role. construction of family pension. First, as an essential attribute of Finally, reshape the culture of filial piety traditional filial piety of blood kinship is still must rely on the system, and should be one of the most important relationships. reflected in the law on the protection of the Ascendant relatives or elderly is not only a rights of older persons, 野filial piety冶 and the fundamental obligation and is condensed and idea of legalization, which as one of the embodiment of raw human emotion. This to legislative theory. At present, the State is some extent with the natural attributes of the preparing amendments to the law on original relationship with certain time and protection of rights and interests of the geographical limits of universal significance elderly, to take the opportunity of this and intrinsic value. The culture of filial piety consciousness of the whole society shall is the core of the elderly, as generally agreed 97 Elder Law safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of evolution of filial piety, it can be seen that the elderly, improve the awareness and ability any particular traditional culture has a dual of older people to safeguard their legitimate nature of culture, the culture of filial piety is rights and interests according to law. no exception, have affinity and coexistence of Meanwhile, also want to strongly positive feudal social and class mix of double features, 野filial piety冶 philosophy, to further clarify the its emotional content based on filial of 野filial piety冶 of legal status, through the use humanity, it is beyond the era of universal of encouragement and punishment and common. Our position should be mechanism, to control social act of filial piety inclusive, criticism, inheritance and Through regular activities of selected innovation attitude, combined with the advanced figures of filial piety, establishing modern life style on rationalization of its models of filial piety, promoting filial piety proper position and transformation . If we culture gradually establish and perfect re-examine the traditional concept of filial family-based, community service network as piety within reasonable and universal, and a secondary means of pension, public welfare stripped thousands of years accumulation of facilities for supplementary pension system, corrosion of the feudal enclosure, it is social security systems for the protection of possible to make it return to the original the family. To carry out publicity and meaning, and filial piety to the spirit of the education of older persons rights protection times and new contents, and through the policies and regulations, and strive to create a introduction of institutional factors on statue of the old old love a thick atmosphere institution ethics construction and remodeling of the whole society. Strive for dignity of So, a rational concept of filial piety and new older persons to create a stable and peaceful culture of filial piety to today爷s society to social environment. promote civil moral construction and elderly All in all, Looking at the historical rights security aspects play a new role.

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