(1) civil affairs. Feng Ming Menglong Cai Qing Fiona Fang's History of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (78th): "Ji's first job was to be a master, and then he gradually became good at Ji's housework and became good at Wei Fu." Qing Dynasty-Fang's Epitaph of Henan's Participation in Politics in Ming Dynasty: "(Yuan Keli's son Yuan Shu) is the son of Liu, the official family of Qixian County, and his parents are bound to be expensive because of his different origins. When I come back at the age of seventeen, I will pass on the housework to you. "

(2) family employment, family employment: employment, work, farming.

(3) Employees: female to male domestic helpers.

In ancient China, housekeeping was initially understood as a family management activity to determine and maintain family order. For example, the Book of Changes has an article "Jia Bu", which is the earliest article about housekeeping. Its advertising slogan says: "The family is strict and strict, and the parents are also called, father and son brothers, husband and wife brothers, but the family is right and the world is determined." One of the "home" is housekeeping.

Modern domestic occupations include nanny, maternal and child health care division, prolactin and other domestic attendants.

A brief history of development

1899 September, the first academic conference on home economics was held in new york, USA. 1909 American Home Economics Association was established.

According to the survey report jointly issued by UNESCO and the International Home Economics Association, at least 40% countries in the world list home economics as a compulsory course for family education, social education, basic education and skills education.

The earliest school home economics education in China began at 1904, and the university home economics education began at 19 19.

After 1949, home economics as an independent discipline was at a standstill. Until the mid-1980s, with the development of social economy, the change of consumption concept, the acceleration of life rhythm, the miniaturization of families, the aging of population, the socialization of services, the specialization of technology and the increasing pursuit of the quality of family life, family affairs showed a trend of socialization and professionalism, and departments and institutions engaged in domestic research, training, operation, management and service mushroomed, with the main purpose of serving families and the occupation of handling and managing family affairs.

In 2006, according to the relevant provisions of the Labor Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), China formulated and promulgated the National Professional Standards for Domestic Servants.

Home Economics is a comprehensive applied subject that studies the laws of family life and aims at improving the quality of life. It is the theoretical basis of domestic service and family management practice.