Filial Piety And Parental Affection In Parents And Children's Ethics During The Spring And Autumn Period

Parents and Children's Ethics is a progeny moral restraint mechanism and regulation to standardize the actions of parents and children which based on the parent-child relationship . As the changing time in the Chinese history ,the ethical development and characteristics during the Spring and Autumn & Warring States periods are naturally very important and significant.This paper based on researches by older generation scholars, discussed from the two parallel vertical of parents and children's Ethics, hat the parent-offspring ethics"Parental Affection"and the offspring -parent ethics"Filial Piety"were. From the facts of historical development and changes during the Spring and Autumn Period to find the rules of parents and children's ethics exploration of development; also summing up both the situation of the period prior Confucius in the Spring and Autumn Period and ethical developments of the Western Zhou Dynasty.The first chapter aim in the parents and children's ethics developments of Western Zhou Dynasty.The most basic ethical norms of parents and children's ethics are filial piety and parental affection. filial piety goes to children, parental affection goes to parents. The concept of filial piety have been quite widespread in Western Zhou Dynasty,Which can learn from the Clementi inscriptions and the number of artifacts excavated. All segments of society take filial piety as a responsibility that is also a virtue can be extolled."The Book of Songs"records the detailed facts about all walks of life from ordinary people to the sovereign. the first side of the filial piety is the maintenance, the second the rituals of parents death. The parallel is parental affection which is parent-offspring ethics, as well as filial piety the widespread acceptance of the time. It is a common ethical concepts. A corresponding examples in the literature, and also phase permits. The main content for parental affection, is not so clear as filial piety. Pray for the safety of their children is their parents'hope. But according to the records of Clementi also can be inferred that the rich content and improvement. It can be said the Western Zhou period, the parents and children's ethics has developed to a higher ethical level.Chapter 2 aim in the Spring and Autumn Period parent-offspring Ethics–"parental affection".Not only the love of parents for their children to stay above the instinct of motherhood and love. More importantly, it is also reflected in the Rational love for their children, this is the Spring and Autumn Period notable feature of a parent-child ethic. From the instinctive affection and love is instinctive love, one side is the unconditional love to children whatever the children asked. Second is worried about their children's safety, ensuring the children in safety. Rational love is the development and deepening of instinctive love. While overcame the blindness of the instinctive and spontaneous, while on the other hand it contains far-reaching significances and purposes. Therefore, both the love of rational restraint, the deepest love, and including parents hope that the painstaking picture of the education to children . Rational constraints, parent-child love is the true meaning. the expression include the context of a love interest and give a hand to help children. Parental education is an important aspect of rational love and mainly focus on education of children in such four aspects:obey the rules, loyalty, humility. thrift.Chapter 3 aim in the Spring and Autumn Period offspring-parent Ethics–"filial piety".Filial piety during Spring and Autumn period for parents of is reflected not only in the care of parents,maintenance and respect when they alive, also reflected in the injury and death funeral ceremonies. Filial piety of the parents alive major in provide foods & cloths and taking care of their parents, far from the poverty nor exclusion in the war. Children must also submit to retrieve, obey with their parents, not to go against the will of their parents. This is the mainstream, but there are also contrary to retrieve and modifications. In addition to food and caring parents, the parents will comply with and obey the orders of parents outside. Children have the obligation and mission of revenge for the pro, when the need for their own lives to change the lives of their parents, children shouldn't hesitate. These are rather extreme circumstances. Extended clan also is filial piety. Filial piety in the death of parents is gratitude to raise and educate their children for their hard work. Show emotion on the death of their parents in their sorrow and dismay, in the burial and tried before a ceremony to worship. Sorrow is the most natural emotion to children when the death of their parents also is the basic instinct action. Children should fell sad and sorrow could not to participate in various activities in mourning period. For the burial &worship .First, the parent must buried. Then to worship, to thank parents give birth and raise, the progress of worship should obey the rules.Chapter 4 focuses on the characteristics of parents and children's ethics during the Spring and Autumn Period and the influence to Confucian ethics.Value the offspring's self-cultivation and moral education, which is a notable feature of the Spring and Autumn Period. The second characteristic is the offspring surrounded by the parental authority. Although the general idea was"father should be kind, the son should be filial.", but this does not constitute an absolute prerequisite and result, Father can not kind, but not unfilial son. As the Spring and Autumn social unrest, in an ideological clash with each other, there exists a situation of simultaneous compliance with rebellious, So as to the characteristics of the parent-child ethic.Confucius adopted a succession of basic attitude in the parent-offspring Ethics during the Spring and Autumn Period. Confucius stressed that the first parent must raise and beloved children . the second teach children. They're neally the same as the parent-offspring ethics during Spring and Autumn Period ,in other expression are the education and dependent care. Confucius develop the offspring -parent ethics during the Spring and Autumn Period ,who emphasis on filial piety based on the"respection",and present"expostulation"to coordinate parent-child relationship. Comparely speaking Confucius special attention on"filial piety", he think filial piety is basic of benvolence is beginning of the morals . Only children filial to parental love can feel be satisfied. Finally filial is the foundation of loyalty."Filial piety, then could serve the sovereign". Filial piety has a political function.