The Transformation From The Concept Of Xiao To The Feudal Filial Piety

The concept of Xiao is based on nature of human kinship. As a concept it is original, spontaneous, fragmentary and piecemeal. Confucianism represented by Confucius generalize the concept and behavior of Xiao, abstract and up to the theory, so filial piety emerged. As an ideology of filial piety begins the process of feudalism accompanied by Chinese history into feudal.Confucian filial piety establishes during Confucius period. It played a guidance role to the development of traditional filial piety. Mencius enriched and developed the Confucian filial piety. Xunzi advocated evil human nature, from the view of the ceremony, that filial piety should pay attention to propriety and justice enlightenment. The idea of Xunzi on filial piety has been a feudal color."The Book of Rites" is the richest one of many classics about extolling filial piety. Over-pursuit the external expression of filial piety reflects the hypocrisy of feudal filial piety. "The Book of Filial Piety" by different provisions in different sectors of filial piety, became the piety more systematic and theoretical. Teaching filial piety as the starting point for shifting filial loyalty, elucidates the most loyalty and respect of Filial Piety color ideas. By this time, the Confucian filial piety had already been abundant complete on theory, had realized the close combination of politics and ethic.The theory of "three cardinal guides" puts the theology and superstition into the filial piety which deepened the filial piety of predecessors. Filial piety becomes the social ethics and political ethics by the expansion of family ethics, and becomes the core of the Feudal system. Thus, the contents of filial piety have undergone major changes,, filial piety as a tool for contributing to the feudal rule, marking its transformation in the theory of feudal filial piety final complete. Feudalization of filial piety has a profound influence on later generations.