The Relationship Between The Family Instructions Of Song And The Social Order

Group life is the essence of social life, Social order is an inherent demand of society. Social norms are the core of the social order, to achieve a stable social order premised on social norms, Social norms include not only laws, regulations and other formal specification, but also morality, customs and other informal ideas. Family instructions as traditional culture of the social history, are certainly the reaction of social consciousness. Song is at the critical moment of social change in feudal society, the whole society need to establish a stable social order. The family instructions of Song are the real reflection of such informal norms, the prosperity of family instructions of Song have a promotion to the realization of the social order of Song.Generated from the Western Zhou family instructions, the name does a wide range, but the content and form has been enriched and developed steadily, and gradually matured. The family instructions of culture in Song are in the most important period in history. The famous family instructions of Song that retained now are the important historical document in the study of Song.The author of the family instructions of Song is mostly the scholar, from the ideological point of view, the Song family instructions concrete Confucian culture, Confucian say "Slim, Running home, Governing the country", the family instructions of Song, as the standards of family education, includes three aspects. From the perspective of individuals, includes three aspects such as:study hard, moderation attitude of life and compliance with customs norms. in the traditional society, the family assume more social functions, the family is the main place for individual socialization. the family instructions of song, as an informal norms, plays an important role in the process of individual changing from biological person to social person.The family is the cell of society, feudal clan is the organic combination of small family,the stability of family order is very significant to social order.the family instructions give the parents the authority to ensure the implementation of the parental power, so as to realize the inter-generational order of family, and to construct a male-centered patriarchal gender order. In the background of homogeneous institution of family and state, parental power is the concentration of sovereign power. In the family instructions of Song, filial are homogeneous with loyal, loyal is the extension of filial piety ideal. The ruling class uses the family instructions to construct a strict hierarchical order by softhearted family Blood relationship.Fertile soil of traditional culture; the development of Song economy and printing technology have laid a solid foundation of the family instructions. the long-term social upheaval caused the change of social structure and the damage of social norms, on the one hand, the gradual decline of the traditional patriarch Nobles, replaced by the bureaucracy and civilian landlords, the relatively frequent social mobility makes their political and economic status relatively unstable, so they need family instructions to educate their children to maintain the development of their family, family living together cause the internal affairs cumbersome and interpersonal relations complex, the clan objectively need the family instructions to maintain family order and stability; the other hand, the traditional social norms damaged in social upheaval before Song, the whole society was general in a danger of social disorder, both the official and the civil need to establish a new social ceremony standard. Destruction and reconstruction of social norms is another reason of the prosperity of the family instructions of Song. In addition, the prosperity of family instructions of Song have relatives with the politics of avocation of culture, strengthening the cultural control, family instructions of Song is a practical and effective means for the feudal ruling class.The family instructions of song as a product of a certain history, is an objective promotion to the realization of the social order of Song. As a model of family education, making the feudal family education a stable norm, universal social start to stress the importance of moral education and cultural education of descendent, promote the improvement of the quality of social members; the prosperity of family instructions of Song facilitate the family interpersonal affairs management, and promote the realization of stable family order. The stability of the family will certainly promote social stability. The mainstream ideal of Song family instructions is a reflection of Confucian culture, Song family instructions is an advocacy of Confucian ethics, the values of Song family instructions have an inevitably tendency which to defend the feudal ruling class. Family instructions educate their descendants with the basic of blood, well on preaching the regulations which are the representative of the ruling class.Song strengthen the cultural control, the development of the Song family instructions adapt to the demands of ruling class. The spread of the feudal concept of etiquette can promote the social control, and the realization of social order.Despite the prosperity of the Song family instructions of promotion the realization of the social order, as a product of feudal culture, there are some limitations. There is a feudal Patriarchal concept throughout the family instructions of Song, such as the seniority order, patriarchal concept and feudal hierarchy ideas, Eventually become a tool for the ruling class to control the society, the cost of the realization of social order is the sacrifice of the right of major people.