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Confucius' Disciples And The Development Of Confucian Scholarship

Posted on:2015-04-04Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:T S XiaFull Text:PDF
GTID:2175330431471752Subject:History of Ancient China
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In the thousands of years of traditional Chinese culture, the concept of filial piety has been occupying avery important position, and its influence is felt in all aspects of social life, is one of the important traditionalculture of ethics. Chinese traditional Confucian doctrine of filial piety is a complex concept, content-rich, widecovers. Both cultural ideas, but also institutional etiquette; both filial piety to their parents, but also anextension of political life, but also as a social and moral filial piety and virtue for people to praise and learn.Confucian ethics as important, learn and discuss the role of filial doctrine of historical past and heritage.Besides Confucianism ethics and moral influence on the history and culture of a long and far-reaching, is theprecious heritage of national culture, study of Confucian doctrine of filial piety as well as to strengthen theirunderstanding of personal accomplishment and perfect moral personality is important. So this paper to learnthe traditional culture as a foothold to explore the historical trajectory of Confucian filial doctrine development,with the focus of Confucius disciple Zi Lu and Zeng Shen, filial piety, to explore the intrinsic link disciplesof Confucius and the Confucian doctrine of filial piety and related development filial piety culture historicalsignificance and role.As the founder of Qin filial piety of Confucianism, Confucius, filial piety in a profound summary of theevolution of the Spring and Autumn Period, based on the greatly enrich and expand the connotation of thetraditional filial piety, established the basic content of the pre-Qin Confucian filial piety. According to theWarring States period after the Confucian school of the times change, enrich and develop piety ideas ofConfucius. Following Confucius, his disciple Zi Lu, Zeng Zi, Zi Si and Mencius so action or theory to practiceand develop the thinking of filial piety. This article is selected Zi Lu, Zeng Zi focused study object."Zi Lucarrying rice" faithful practice of Confucian filial piety, Zeng Zi in ideological and theoretical aspects fromboth the depth and breadth of ideas to enrich and develop the piety of Confucius, formed its own unique filialideology. Firstly, from a culture of filial piety in the early history of the development of start dates back to the"Book","Book of Songs" in the relevant records, found two books of piety dispensation summarized, analyzedand then the role of the traditional pension, summarizes the social function of filial piety. Secondly, accordingto the local impact of the unique cultural characteristics of Lu and the ideas expounded the formation of theConfucian doctrine of filial piety. Again to the disciples of Confucius Zi Lu, Zeng Shen, focusing on theinspection object, discusses the history of literature and Zeng Zi negative meter event of filial piety words andconduct in-depth comparison of the two. Both eventually expand to filial by theory to explain the relationshipbetween Zeng Shen and "Book of Filial Piety", and the culture of filial piety in the development andperformance of the Warring States period in the law of these three areas, and Zeng Zi summarizes the theory ofConfucian filial piety contribution. In piety gradually decline today, take the paper, which seeks to collapse the filial piety of the restructuringand further understanding to improve China today increasingly pouring thin morality social ethics,self-recovered from filial piety, knowledge life, love life in intimate family relations, affirm the value of lifeheritage.
Keywords/Search Tags:disciples of Confucius, Confucianism, doctrine of filial piety
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