It can also be described as general obedience. Not that it is morally wrong to respect elders or one another‚ filial piety can unfortunately still be seen in a large portion of Chinese families. The cons of filial piety are few‚ but heavy. The parents expect their children to care and provide for them. This does not only include while the parents are old‚ this means to care for the parents for their entire lives
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in China and America.In the following section,the paper proceeds to elaborate the extension of family to social relationships.The Paper ends by discussing the difierent attitude towards Family members Keywords:family;values;social relationships;filial piety;age;friendship The Family is the basic unit of society.It reflects the ethical values of a society‚its cultural characteristies and the unique features of a nation.The family is among the oldest and the most fundamental of all human institutions.This
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When people find that their world has become foreign and strange to them‚ they tend to react in one of two ways. They either try to change the present to match a time in the past when things were alright in their minds which is known as being a reactionary. While others will try to push for new change to solve the problems in the present which is known as being a revolutionary. In the Spring-Autumn period of China‚ 722-481 BCE‚ many people were finding themselves in this position as order seemed
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Luo‚ Baozhen. Social Construction of Chinese American Ethnic Identity: Dating Attitudes and Behaviors among Second-Generation Chinese American Youths. Thesis. Georgia State University‚ 2006. Sociology Theses. 2 Aug. 2006. Web. . Wu‚ Joseph S. "Filial Piety and Chinese Culture." Thome Fang Institute. Web. .
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of his scholars. Filial Piety‚ the virtue of respect for one’s parents and elderly family members‚ was indeed the bedrock for Confucianism itself. Filial piety is so important because without respect for your ancestors in what way can you possibly have respect for others. “Filial piety and brotherly obedience are perhaps the roots of humanity‚ are they not?” This statement made by You Ruo‚ one of Confucius’ chief disciples‚ confirms the main virtue of Confucianism‚ Filial Piety. A key virtue in a
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family are challenged and can be seen as alternative but non-the-less‚ Confucian throughout human interaction and specifically in individual behavior. The Confucian ideas of filial piety‚ suicide‚ and being subservient are present‚ yet not as prominent as historians might think in a small town known as T’an-ch’eng. Filial piety played an important role throughout The Death of Woman Wang‚ and was demonstrated in several interactions and consequences. Ts’ui Meng is a great example of how Confucian
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them when they are in need. Offerings‚ sacrifices‚ and prayer is frequently given to ancestors at household alters. Take for example‚ the traditional Chinese Ching Ming festival and the Buddhist holiday of Obon. In both of these traditions‚ filial piety and ancestor worship are key factors‚ and their rituals coincide. The focus in Ching Ming and Obon is to commemorate ancestors by visiting their grave sites. Similarly‚ at the grave sites existing family members will give food offering and conduct
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The Biographies of Exemplary Women in Mair‚ Steinhardt‚ and Goldin’s Hawai’i Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture [2005] (here after referred to as the Reader) are pithy stories highlighting the often shortened lives of virtuous women’ and their commendable actions and roles as wives‚ fiancées‚ and daughters (in-law) [Mair‚ Steinhardt‚ and Goldin‚ 607]. The original stories‚ Lienu zhuan‚ written by Liu Xiang in Han times were tremendously popular‚ and had a significant impact on dynastic culture
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make change even sometimes they get hurt. They think‚ “A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit”. So we see many helpless people don’t get any help and nobody feels strange. Another traditional value in Chinese people’s mind is loyalty and filial piety. The value is about the standard behavior. Traditional Chinese believe that the
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