Research On Marriage View In Engels' "The Origin Of Family, Private Ownership And State"

The 19 th National Congress of the Communist Party of China(CPC)clearly stated that by 2020,it is critical period of our country to achieve all-round construction of a Well-off Society.What we now face is the contradiction between unbalanced and inadequate development and the people's ever-growing needs for a better life and the needs to be met for the people to live better lives are increasingly broad.Not only have their material and cultural needs grown;their demands for democracy,rule of law,fairness and justice,security,and a better environment are increasing.Creating a more harmonious society is a pressing task.The family is an organic part of society.The level of happiness in marriage and family is related to the stability and harmony of society.Therefore,handling the problems of marriage and family in the current society and building a stable and harmonious marriage and family relationship have become an indispensable task in building a harmonious socialist society.In the "Family,Private Ownership,and the Origin of the State",Engels comprehensively and systematically studied the origins,evolutions,and historical development trends of the family,analyzed the features of human development and family relations in various historical periods,and outlined the prospect of human marriage.Engels developed the idea about marriage on the basis of love which is a mutual affection and long-lasting relationship between the sexes;marriage should meet ethical requirements;both parties to marriage should enjoy full freedom;women's liberation should be linked with gender equality;monogamous marriage system will continue to exist.Engels' view of marriage not only changed the human morality of marriage and family,further developed the two production theories of historical materialism and improved the idea about Marxism marriage and family,but also set a significant reference for the moral infrastructure of marriage and family for China.As the continuous deepening of reform and opening up,China has entered the period of "social transformation".There is an urgently require for the scientific guidance ofmarriage and family since series of new problems raised in the area of marriage and family morality.Engels' view of marriage provides the creation of marriage relationship with the most correct value orientation,the solution of Chinese marriage problem with a academia gist and the construction of marriage morality with theoretical foundation.It has important referential value to the construction of Socialist family virtue and harmonious society.