Study On The Women Biography Thought As The Core Of "Three Cardinal Guides And Five Constant Virtues"

The Western Han dynasty developed into Han Chengdi Emperor,with the situation changing from flourish to decadence.At this time,the sisters of Zhao were monopolized by monarchs,the rear court of dominator was in jeopardy.Wang's family members were in power,and Liu's rule was dived into the dilemma of internal and external dynasties.Facing the constant crisis in the imperial court and the excessive military service,a series of social problems such as the peasant uprising continue to occur.Liu Xiang,a member of the royal family,persistently advised Emperor Cheng to write a Women Biography and incorporated the thought of “Three Cardinal and Five Constant Virtues”,hoping to wake up emperor.Liu Xiang explicated the monarch guides subject,father guides son,husband guides wife,and benevolence,righteousness,propriety,wisdom,faith and other virtues to emphasize the importance of women with outstanding character.Liu Xiang writed Evil Biography as a separate chapter to elucidate the moral damage for women to harm the social rule,and this is Liu Xiang's Women Biography writing intention.Women Biography had a great influence on later ages.Later generations gradually appeared the biography of women as the main body,The outline ethics thought expressed in Women Biography has also became the ideological and theoretical source of strict demands of the later rulers on women.Later many ethical thoughts is more the Women Biography as dibon,including female chastity idea.With the helping of the traditional Confucian ethics,Liu Xiang used the Qin and early Han Dynasty numerous women stories to illustrate the significance and value of moral values,such as righteousness.The thought of “Three Cardinal and Five Constant Virtues”in the Women Biography not only reflectd the development from Dong Zhongshu to this period of Confucian ethics,but also reflectd the evolution of the Western Han Dynasty society tsunatsune concept.The value of “Three Cardinal and Five Constant Virtues” thought in Women Biography should not be ignored in Chinese ideological history.