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On Marital Ethical Thoughts Of Liji

Posted on:2006-10-30Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:C L ChenFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360152990001Subject:Ethics
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China marital ethics, which is rich valuable content and distinct national characters, occupies a very important role in traditional ethical thoughts. Among all the original classical works, it is that firstly systematically annotated fundamental issues of marital field. Not only does widely and detailed content mirrors Confucian marital view, but also expresses the spiritual essence that Confucian uphold patriarch systemMaking use of two theories, man natural theory and "Turn Ren He Yi" thoughts, gives marital ethical norms a legal proof. Although there is more reasonable view that moral stems from need of social security such as , totally speaking, it don't deviate from Confucian basic trend. Namely only man nature is moral origin. Meanwhile, explained "Ren Dao" by natural "Tian Dao" prove its rationality and legality, which provide meta-physical base for conjugal different marital status.Owe to the essence that patriarchal society regards consanguinity as ties, "Bearing Children" becomes a core idea, which passes through traditional marital ethical norms from begin to end. Consequently, there exist two major marital principals as follows: "forbidden marriage of the same surname" and "non-self-master". What' s more, it also decides conjugal joint duty-filial piety.Ultimate aim of marital ethics includes individual and social aspects, the former thinks individual moral perfect as its main content, sometimes involving some concrete life circumstances; the latter can be divided into ideal and reality trends. Seen from reality aspect, marital ethics appears disciplining feature; ideally while is subjectivity. Therefore, whatever marital ethical base or ultimate aim remains some tension; it indirectly reflects transitional character of ethical thoughts during a turbulent period.
Keywords/Search Tags:LiJi, marriage, bearing-children, forbidden-marriage-of-the-same-surname, non-self-master, marital duty, marital aim
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