The Confucian Filial Piety To The Morden Family Endowment Enlightenment

Thought is one of the core of the Confucian school and Confucian thought, is also an important part of traditional Chinese culture. Because the influence of filial piety of the Chinese nation, before the formation of the traditional virtues of caring for the elderly, care for the young, the elderly. By the end of2000, according to the relevant statistics, China’s60years of age or older has reached130000000, accounting for11%of the total population, according to the scientific prediction, by the end of2025elderly population will reach280000000, accounting for about20%of the total population. Obviously, China is entering the aging society with amazing speed. Moreover, China has entered the aging society is different from the developed countries, is entered in the economy is relatively backward situation, time is short, fast, expect to achieve a sense of security, social security and homes for the elderly in the short-term training, medical care. Providing for the elderly is not realistic. The family pension in the future for a long time is still the main way of China’s pension. In this context, to explore the relationship between Confucian filial piety thought especially the respect principle and modern family pension, for the progress and development of modern society, to solve a series of problems in an aging society, has the significant theory significance and the profound practical significance.At present, China is in the period of economic transition, with the market-oriented reform further deepening the basic social system level, some limitations inherent in a market economy is gradually revealed, resulting in China’s current economic and society faces a series of social problems, the family is inevitably affected by the impact of a surge in the number of elderly people, society single family. The evolution of marketization and urbanization, the elderly living alone in vast rural area family phenomenon more serious, the function of family pension is threatened, so that in the market of serious challenges in the process of. At the same time, along with the industrialization and city change continues to accelerate the pace of population aging, the speed is also accelerating, China is not rich before the old situation has been formed, unable to complete social responsibility, still need the family pension play an important role in material and spiritual.This paper conducted a longitudinal analysis from the generation and evolution of Confucian tradition, not subtle changes in time also to the interpretation. Secondly, the problems in modern society in the traditional Confucian thought of filial piety is analyzed, mainly three questions:are the analysis of modern society, the aging society and the new rural problems. The last part is mainly traditional Confucian filial piety Enlightenment on modern family, from the family pension, family pension dilemma and inspiration are described. Through the analysis and the solution to these problems, the discussion of the significance of Confucian tradition to the modem family.