On The Transformation Of Traditional View Of "Virtuous Wife And Good Mother" By Modern Scholars

Traditional family ethic of china maintained the long-time stability of chinese family and society and formed the ultrastable structure of itself.However,since modern age,with the entrance of china been opened and the western learning' s advancing gradually to the east, hinese society had the unprecedented change. Ultrastable traditional family ethic suffered the huge impact,one of which was traditional view on "virtuous wife and good mother".Advanced intellectual began to re-examine and re-judge the model of feminine virtue——"virtuous wife and good mother",and transformate the traditional view on "virtuous wife and good mother".Based on the social background the thesis displays the historical background,process,Contents,features and substance of the evolution.This thesis mainly includes three parts.The first part of the thesis has described traditional view on "virtuous wife and good mother ".The thesis holds that female natural physiological conditions and special history conditions of Chinese society are the soil for the existence of traditional view on "virtuous wife and good mother".The view proposed some norms that the female should obey:the first is the filial duty; the second is the Chastity; the third is the Compliance;the fourth is working hard in the family; the fifth is to give birth and raise the good children. This kind of view has its own characteristic:the first is the antagonism between Family and social;the second is the unequal between right and the duty;the third is separation between morals and knowledge.The second part of the thesis has elaborated the process of the modern transformation of tranditional view on "virtuous wife and good mother" concretely.The modern transformation have two ways:the first,the moderates placed emphasis on the feminine duty towards her family,they Modified traditional view on" virtuous wife and good mother" acconding to the characteristic of the times."Virtuous wife and good mother" had the new standards or the connotation and had a higher level moral significance after transformation. The second, the radical faction esteemsed the feminine responsibility for the social, so they carried on the transformation to the tradition. The moral value of "virtuous wife and good mother" had been neglected or negated intentionally or unintentionally.On the other hand,females who undertook the independent social responsibility became the feminine model of new times conforming to the trend of history.The third part of the thesis has self-examination the modem transformation of traditional view on "virtuous wife and good mother" The thesis holds that the transformation has three characteristics:the first,to save the nation from subjugation was treated as the orientation of the modem transformation;the second,to criticize traditional view on "virtuous wife and good mother" was core content of the modem transformation;the third ,to preserve traditional words of" virtuous wife and good mother" was the result of the modem transformation. Females of the modem society finally are unable to realize the union of family duty and the social responsibility.Stands in the time altitude,this thesis holds that tendency and direction of modem transformation of traditional view on "virtuous wife and good mother" is to realize a harmonious blend of family duty and social responsibility of female,points out concrete measures of the modem transformation at last.