Patriarchy: after a man marries the other half, the husband and wife share a child, and the husband also becomes the father of the child;
Being a son: being a child of a father and a mother.
Origin: The Confucian essay Da Xue is said to have been written by Ceng Zi during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
Original text:
A gentleman stops at benevolence; Being a minister ends with respect; Being a son stops at filial piety; Being a father stops at kindness; Making friends with China people ends with letters.
As a monarch, we should try our best to be benevolent; As a minister, respect the monarch; As a son of man, be filial to your parents; As the father of man, be kind; When dealing with China people, you should be honest and trustworthy.
Extended data
General concept of "university":
"University" focuses on the important relationship between improving personal cultivation, cultivating good moral quality and governing the country and leveling the world. The central idea can be summarized as "cultivate one's morality for the people's security", with the theme of "be virtuous, be close to the people and stop at perfection" and eight items of "discipline, knowledge, honesty, cultivate one's morality, keep one's family in order, govern the country and level the world".
Generally speaking, the traditional Confucianism expressed in "University" emphasizes the idea of governing the country, focusing on the general outline of Confucian politics from beginning to end, so it can play a great guiding role in China's political practice and education for a long historical period.
The influence of great academic works:
As an article in The Book of Rites, Daxue has a direct inspiration to Confucianism. Especially after the rise of Neo-Confucianism in Song Dynasty, imperial examinations played a great role. After the Song Dynasty, almost every scholar was influenced by the university.