The Value Meaning Of The Traditional Family Precepts "Jishan"

The culture of the traditional family precepts has a long history,which dates back to the early Western Zhou Dynasty "Shangshu" in the Zhou Gong patent,and the late Qing Dynasty Zeng Guofan's "Letters to His Son" also contains rich ethical ideas and ethical norms.Among them,the concept of "Jishan" is mainly around three aspects:epistemology,practice,teleological.With the time going by,the traditional family precepts "Jishan" has become more complete and systematic in the history of family education.In addition to some of the "Jishan" ideas in fragments family motto,Family precepts in Ming and Qing dynasties have discussed it systematically,such as:"Liao-Fan's Four Lessons ","Moral Instruction for traditional Women ","Official home training",etc.Confucianism,Buddhism and Taoism constitute the theoretical basis of traditional family precepts "Jishan".Traditional family precepts to absorb and draw lessons from the Confucian "benevolence" and "mercy",karma in Buddhism,Taoism's respect of good deeds and their other ideas.Official moral education popularization,the traditional Chinese charity culture and the "good" cultural psychology jointly contributed to the family motto "Jishan" thoughts and development.The traditional family precepts"Jishan" thought has the dual function of "family education" and "persuasion" in the society,which is beneficial to the cultivation of individual moral sentiment and plays an active role in creating a harmonious society atmosphere.Nowadays,in order to strengthen the ideological and moral construction,promote the socialist core values and develop positive power,we need to absorb positive opinions from traditional excellent culture.The "Jishan" in traditional family precepts provides guidance for doing good deeds and ideas of charity.and it provides a useful reference for cultivating the national character of "Kindness",raising the individual moral cultivation,purging the social atmosphere,and pursuing happiness of truth,goodness and beauty.