Comparing Interpersonal Relationship Family Relationships 
A Comparative of Chinese and American family relationships
【Abstract】Compare family relationships in China and American and analyze the reasons. (中国和美国家庭成员之间的关系的比较并分析原因)
【Key words】family relationships, China, America, husband, wife, parents, children, grandparents, grandchildren, siblings(家庭成员关系、中国、美国、丈夫、妻子、父母、孩子、祖父母、孙子孙女、兄弟姐妹)
An ancient Confucian code for family relationship in Chinese society was as follows: "Fathers should be kind to their children, and sons should be obedient to their parents, and older brothers should love their younger siblings, and younger brothers should respect their older ones." Compared with Chinese, Americans have a very different concept of family relationships. It contains the relationship between husband and wife, parents and children, grandparents and grandchildren, siblings, and so on.
The relationship between husband and wife The most important relationship in American family is that between husband and wife. Philosopher, historian, and literary essayist Thomas De Quincey defined marriage as "a union between two persons, who lived in harmony so absolute with each other, as to be independent of the world outside." While according to what Confucius said, "Marriage is the union (of the representatives) of two different surnames, in friendship and in love, in order to continue the posterity of the former sages, and to furnish those who shall preside at the sacrifices to heaven and earth, at those in the ancestral temple, and at those at the altars to the spirits of the land and grain." It seems that Chinese spouse get married for carrying on the family line.
The relationship between parents and children
American parents pay great attention to training their children’s mental ability so that the children can face all kinds of setbacks and can survive hard circumstances. They willing to respect and understand their children’s feelings, thus, they always think carefully about their words and choose the appropriate time to
【Abstract】Compare family relationships in China and American and analyze the reasons. (中国和美国家庭成员之间的关系的比较并分析原因)
【Key words】family relationships, China, America, husband, wife, parents, children, grandparents, grandchildren, siblings(家庭成员关系、中国、美国、丈夫、妻子、父母、孩子、祖父母、孙子孙女、兄弟姐妹)
An ancient Confucian code for family relationship in Chinese society was as follows: "Fathers should be kind to their children, and sons should be obedient to their parents, and older brothers should love their younger siblings, and younger brothers should respect their older ones." Compared with Chinese, Americans have a very different concept of family relationships. It contains the relationship between husband and wife, parents and children, grandparents and grandchildren, siblings, and so on.
The relationship between husband and wife The most important relationship in American family is that between husband and wife. Philosopher, historian, and literary essayist Thomas De Quincey defined marriage as "a union between two persons, who lived in harmony so absolute with each other, as to be independent of the world outside." While according to what Confucius said, "Marriage is the union (of the representatives) of two different surnames, in friendship and in love, in order to continue the posterity of the former sages, and to furnish those who shall preside at the sacrifices to heaven and earth, at those in the ancestral temple, and at those at the altars to the spirits of the land and grain." It seems that Chinese spouse get married for carrying on the family line.
The relationship between parents and children
American parents pay great attention to training their children’s mental ability so that the children can face all kinds of setbacks and can survive hard circumstances. They willing to respect and understand their children’s feelings, thus, they always think carefully about their words and choose the appropriate time to