Confucius' thought is the eternal belief of the Chinese nation through storms. Ladies and gentlemen, let's take a look at the following paper on Confucius' filial piety!
Abstract of Confucius' paper on filial piety: "Zhong Ni was not born in heaven, and eternity is like a long night". The seal of the emperor and the admiration of countless scholars made Confucius the most sacred person in the world. But when you think about it, Confucius is also a mortal. Although he is in a high position, he tells the truth of the world. Throughout the history of ancient and modern China and foreign countries, Confucius was the first philosopher to establish a spiritual home for mankind. Confucianism founded by Confucius involves benevolence, politics, philosophy, education, cultivation and many other aspects. Among them, filial piety in The Analects of Confucius not only retains the simplest, most primitive and most authentic meaning of "parents do good", but also further enriches the content of "filial piety", making it systematic, comprehensive and correct to understand filial piety in The Analects of Confucius, which is of great benefit to building a harmonious society today.
Keywords: Analects of Confucius; Filial piety; value
A comprehensive investigation of the connotation and value of "filial piety" in The Analects of Confucius plays a very important role in personal growth, family harmony and social stability. Confucius said, "Benevolent people are also human beings, and relatives are the greatest." This is the filial piety of China people who go deep into the bone marrow and blend into the blood. The following are my four understandings of the meaning of "filial piety" in The Analects.
First, foster relatives
Parenting is the most basic connotation of filial piety. Filial piety means providing for the elderly first, "filial piety, livestock, livestock and support." Filial piety is the most basic guarantee for parents as children. Parenting is a stable ethical concept based on parents' direct and true natural feelings, and it is standardized in the form of "ceremony" to make it a social thought. When parents are alive, we must first provide them with a sense of security. In modern society, although we can't stay with our parents all the time, we should at least ensure their food, clothing, housing and transportation. When they gradually lose their ability to work and have no source of livelihood, we will. In fact, crows have the meaning of feeding back, and sheep have the favor of kneeling on their breasts. This is something that even some animals can do to feed their parents, not to mention human beings, who are the masters of everything. If a person can't even support his parents in the most basic way, he can't contribute to others, society and the country.
Second, invite your relatives.
In addition to the "nurturing" of food and clothing, parents should also feel happy, such as seeking filial piety. Confucius said, "Today's filial piety means that it can be raised. As for dogs and horses, you can keep them. Disrespect, why not? " ("The Analects of Confucius for Politics"). Now the so-called filial piety only supports parents, but we also raise dogs and horses. If there is no filial piety to parents, what is the difference between supporting parents and raising dogs and horses? This sentence tells us that filial piety is not only for children to provide material support for adoptive parents, but more importantly, it is necessary to have respect, comfort and respect parents mentally and emotionally, and maintain their spiritual pleasure as much as possible.
The elderly are a special group, and their pursuit of life ideals and materials has actually faded. They need psychological comfort more often. Children who should have enjoyed family happiness are now far away from home, and they can't enjoy family happiness at all in their later years, facing increasing loneliness. Young people think that their careers are in full swing and they are as busy as a bee. They always think about filial piety in the future, but they don't want to bury the roots of regret for the future. Therefore, children should not only deal with the love of the elderly. It should be more about the journey of love. In addition to paying more attention to the health of the elderly, we should also let the elderly be full of energy and happy, just like the song that was popular all over the country that year, "Even if I go home to brush chopsticks and wash dishes for my mother." In recent years, the newly revised Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly has been formally implemented. With the new law making it compulsory for children to "go home and see", the whole society has raised the spiritual support for the elderly to a new height, echoing Confucius' filial piety thought. Therefore, the most important thing for us is to provide spiritual support for our parents. We should be familiar with our parents' life and pay attention to emotional and spiritual support, not just material satisfaction.
Third, respect relatives.
Confucius said, "My parents remonstrated several times, but failed to fulfill their wishes. They respected but did not obey, and worked hard without complaining" (The Analects of Confucius). If parents do something wrong, as children, they should try their best to persuade them, but their attitude should be euphemistic and not rude. Even after repeated persuasion, parents still insist on their own opinions, be respectful and not rude, and even ignore their parents' identity and face. "Work without regrets", although we will be sad about it, we can't bear the resentment against them.
In addition, "life, things with ceremony, death, burial with ceremony, sacrifice with ceremony" ("The Analects of Confucius for politics"). It also embodies the filial piety thought of respecting the old and loving the young. No matter whether parents are alive or not, they should be fully filial according to a certain etiquette system, and "the father is here, watching his will; Father didn't, observe his actions; If you don't change your father's way for three years, it can be described as filial piety "("The Analects of Confucius "). This means that children should also inherit their parents' wishes and carry them forward from generation to generation. This is also a continuation of the spirit of parents and another respect for parents.
Fourth, worry about relatives.
Confucius said, "You must know your parents' age. One is happy and the other is afraid. " ("The Analects of Confucius").
This seemingly contradictory sentence is thought-provoking and thought-provoking. Confucius told people to keep an eye on their parents' age changes. We should take care of our parents in every possible way, focusing on timely filial piety. For us, the longer our parents stay with us, the better, but the longer we live, the greater the chance of danger. As filial children, we should know the age of our parents. As parents grow up, the danger increases day by day. Therefore, for their children, parents' longevity is happiness first, and then it should be highly valued.
Verb (abbreviation of verb) conclusion
"Filial piety" has an extremely important position in the long history of China, which stretches for thousands of years. Filial piety should be the spiritual nourishment of everyone's life regardless of class, nationality, region and era. The Analects of Confucius has brought us endless spiritual wealth. We should learn from it and transform and innovate the traditional filial piety culture to make it more in line with the development of today's society, more in line with the psychological needs of contemporary elderly people and better adapt to today's society. Only in this way can our traditional filial piety culture shine brilliantly in the new era, serve the society again and better reflect its value.
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