Traditional Family Instruction And Contemporary Family Education

Family instruction is an important part of Chinese traditional culture.It reflects the features of each era and attracts generations of people to explore it with its unique charm.The Song Dynasty was an important period for the development of family instruction.The family instruction of this period was the embodiment of Neo-Confucianism,of which Wen Gong Jia Fan was one of the typical representatives.Wen Gong jia Fan was Sima Guang,s strict theoretical guidance of family management and was written in accordance with the needs of the times.Sima Guang,s special background and social identity made this book irreplaceable.Wen Gong Jia Fan comprehensively discussed the way of governing the feudal big family and the relationship between father and son,brothers,husband and wife,monarch and minister.Standing at the height of the times,we can find that the methods and principles advocated in the book have certain enlightening significance for contemporary family education.However,as a product of feudal society,Wen Gong Jia Fan inevitably has feudal color,which requires us to criticize and inherit Wen Gong Jia Fan from the three perspectives of the demand,necessity and feasibility of contemporary family education.