A Research On Confucious Thought Of Three-stage Filial Piety

Filial piety is the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation, traditional Chinese filialpiety thought was established by Confucius. On the basis of the western Zhou dynastyfilial piety thought, Confucius build up the patriarchal ethics triple filial piety thoughtsystem with the basic unit of social organization Individual household at the core. Byinterpreting the kernel, he turned the religious hierarchy view which belongs toaristocratic stratum in western Zhou dynasty into the social ethics view of grassroots atthe end of the spring and autumn period. It has been found the basis theory of humannature on the one hand, and filial piety was implemented into the true feelings andnature that everyone owned, and the significance of universality and practical wasimproved. On the other hand, it found the solid foundation of reality and feasible andeffective way for the realization of the kernel. Under the ideas of the same structure ofthe clan and country, Confucius triple filial piety thought was built on the family filialpiety filled with blood affection. Associating filial piety with governing, it was extendedto national filial piety existing in political field further. After the promotion of principleof beneficence with universal meaning to social filial piety existing in social field. Withthe layers of propulsion, the integrality, hierarchy and interactivity of Triple filial pietywas embodied. The Confucius Triple filial piety view is the foundation of the entireethical thought system, namely: as a universal love of virtue, core specification of ritualand the teaching of the raw in moralization. At the same time, the triple filial pietythought also established the basic content of Confucian filial piety, which laid a solidfoundation for filial piety thought of Mencius, Mencius and Xuncius, and had aprofound impact on the moral principles, value orientation, aesthetic taste and characterand mentality of entire Chinese nation.