The Study On The Ethical Significance Of Chinese Genealogy

As a carrier for describing the lineage of kinship groups,the genealogy has gone through the process from birth to perfection.From the early messy group marriages to the basic stereotypes of traditional Chinese family patterns,the design of the genealogy meant that the individual spiritual world had matured in the sense of family ethical entities.The genealogy is rich in content.In addition to the basic family genealogy table,it also includes preface to genealogy,fanfare,biography,family law,customs,etiquette,shrine,etc.,which contains the profound connotation of traditional Chinese ethics,The genealogy is the objectiveness of abstract traditional Chinese ethics and reality,and it is also the conscious presentation of the family ethical spirit.The pedigree in the genealogy answers the question of the source of individual life.The design of ancestral worship is the realization of the ancestor spirit.Contents such as family statutes and family etiquette are not only a guide to the ethical life of family members,but also a way to consolidate the spiritual power of family members“together” in real life and provide a spiritual place for family members.However,in contemporary Chinese society,the social changes and the disintegration of the traditional clan-type family structure have made the soil of the genealogical family flourish and tend to disappear,The genealogy is facing the challenges of weakening the family ethics function and the difficulty of settling the individual spiritual world brought by the great changes of modern society.In the contemporary era,rebuilding the family tree not only exerts the value of its historical materials,but also exerts its ethical value,awakening the individual’s sense of physical belonging,so that the individual can truly feel the meaning of "home",and the traditional Chinese culture emits new vitality.This article mainly analyzes the ethical significance presented from the different contents of the genealogy.Firstly,the combing of the development pattern of family history shows that the birth of the genealogy is a reflection of the maturity of individual ethical entity consciousness.Secondly,by sorting out the content of the historical development of the genealogy,it is clarified that the genealogy is not only a vivid and realistic representation of the human relations and ethical order in the family,but also a realistic expression of the ethical status and ethical duties of each family member.Genealogy compilation work brings family members together and consciously presents the family ethical spirit.Thirdly,the analysis of the specific content of the family tree shows the sense of entity in the genealogy and the ethical way of uniting family members together.Finally,in the context of the dispersal of ethical entities brought about by contemporary social changes and the loss of personal ethics,it is pointed out that genealogy still has its ethical value,which can help to awaken the sense of entity and social civilization development.In contemporary genealogies,we should pay attention to the principles and techniques of editing and keeping pace with the times,so as to maximize the value of genealogy.