Da YE. Morality: The Expectation from Traditional Chinese Family Instructions[J]. JOURNAL OF UNIVERSITY OF JINAN (Social Science Edition), 2021,31(2):135-140.
Da YE. Morality: The Expectation from Traditional Chinese Family Instructions[J]. JOURNAL OF UNIVERSITY OF JINAN (Social Science Edition), 2021,31(2):135-140.DOI:
Traditional Chinese family instructions epitomize Chinese family culture and are the condensed wisdom of the Chinese nation and the symbol of human spiritual civilization. In the traditional society of China
family is a kind of community combined by consanguinity
responsibility and spirit
taking the functions of child-rearing
education and safeguarding homeland
creating morality and humanistic spirit. The expectation from traditional Chinese family instructions is cultivating children's morality
stressing ethics and reasonably recognizing and dealing with the relationship between human and nature and between the other and oneself. It opposes separation from real life
advocating a reasonable life and pursuing "personal and managerial leadership". In the traditional family instructions
it is emphasized that reading and making good resolutions play an important role in achieving virtue and success. It also says that keeping good faith can create a gentleman. There are many traditional family instructions
the core of which is the expectation of morality. In the New Era
traditional Chinese family instructions still have positive effect on the construction of "Cultural China" because of relevant emphasis on morality.