Traditional Family Ethic And Changing Family Relationships In Modern China

Family ethics in the traditional culture is a universal psychological commonalities，an emotional code of ethics guidelines with generally harbor. This article aims toidentify and inheritance the reasonable and orderly part and transform the negativeand conservative part of the traditional family ethics with systematic analysis andcomprehendsion. To elaborate the bi-directional capability of cultural feedback viaexalt these excellent part of traditional family ethics.With the economic liberalization, political changes and cultural clashes, people’sbehavior and values has got a huge influence and a strong impact, which also makeour modern family relationship undergoing a dramatic changes. Contradictions andconflicts are full in the field of modern family relationships--traditional family valuesand the ethical order was broken, the modern, scientific sense of family and newethics order which should meet the requirements of the new era had not to be fully setup yet,. Greatly reduces of the dependence on the relationship between blood relatives,the emotional dilutions between family members, the weakened family cohesions,which not only destroyed the ethical relationship within the family between husbandand wife or between parent and child but also spread to the neighborhood. It affectedthe harmony, stability and happiness of family and hindered realization of theharmonious society.Thus, a major issue and a historic mission was given by the times---to establish anew modern family relationships. It will be contribute to the construction of aharmonious family relationships though the understandings and transform of thetraditional family ethics, We can see that the norms and guidelines promoted inmodern family relationships can be required and show itself through inheritance andtransformation of the traditional family ethics largely. The unity of severely graciousand respect is an abandon and beyond to the traditional ethical norms“Loving father,faithful son, father guides son”which is the essential ethics regulation forparent-child relationships in the modern family.the unity of love and obligation is anabandon and beyond to the traditional ethical norms” standard husband,obedientwife,husband guides wife”,which is the ethical goal in the relationship between husband and wife of family harmony.The humility and love is an abandon and beyondto the traditional ethical norms”friendly old, respectful youmg, old is old,young isyoung!”，which is a democratic equal relationship based on mutual help, mutual loveand mutual assistance. Have a healthy interaction and convergence between thetraditional family ethics and morden family relationships can promote the harmoniousdevelopment in the changing family relationships of China.