"Ting Xun Motto" Research

The ancient emperors advocated the Confucian ethics to educate their sons and civilize the people,and attached great importance to the construction of the ancient family precepts culture,laying a solid foundation for cultivating the ruling talents and maintaining the imperial rule.The Instructive Aphorism of kangxi's Royal Family is a family precepts that records the teachings of Emperor Kangxi on teaching his son,collected two hundred and forty six pieces.It includes the learning,dealing with the world,governing and keeping in good health,represents the peak of the development of the ancient imperial family precepts.At present,it is very rare for the academic circles to study The Instructive Aphorism of kangxi's Royal Family,so it is necessary to study them systematically and deeply.The factors of the formation of Emperor Kangxi's thought of private education are: Firstly,the cultural tradition of emperors attaching great importance to royal education;Secondly,the policy change of the ruling policy of "ruling the country by Confucianism" in the early Qing Dynasty;Thirdly,the personal factors of Emperor Kangxi's enlightenment education and learning on the feast day.Therefore,it pays special attention to the influence of Confucian ethics on the emperor's son.After Kangxi Emperor's demise,the successor Emperor Yongzheng,recounted these teachings with his brothers in order to consolidate his rule and strengthen his moral education,and recounted the exhortations of Emperor Kangxi in his later years into a book named The Instructive Aphorism of kangxi's Royal Family.Compared with the imperial family precepts,the Emperor Kangxi's thought of private education and the book of The Instructive Aphorism of kangxi's Royal Family have special ideological factors and political motivation.The Instructive Aphorism of kangxi's Royal Family embodies the wisdom of Emperor Kangxi's family education.On the one hand,the ideological content is rich and comprehensive.In the aspect of teaching,Emperor Kangxi not only emphasized the traditional understanding of reading,but also emphasized the learning of skills and the mastery of common sense of life.In terms of dealing with the world,Emperor Kangxi required his descendants to be good and virtuous.They should have good thoughts,practice filial piety,be honest with the Lord and respect the Lord,be cautious and moderate,take righteousness as profit,cherish thrift and work hard,and gradually be holy to others.In terms of governance,Emperor Kangxi emphasized benevolent governance,attention to people's livelihood,diligence and love for people,and at the same time,he should be strict with himself,good at self-examination and self-reflection,and strictly govern people.In terms of health preservation,Emperor Kangxi attached great importance to both internal and external cultivation,maintained a good attitude,let nature take its course and carefully treated all aspects of diet,medicine and life.The thought of family education of Emperor Kangxi is based on Confucian ethics,which combines Buddhism and Taoism with Manchu traditional etiquette and custom.At the same time,it attaches importance to practicality and science,and presents a comprehensive and inclusive distinctive feature.On the other hand,in the way of educated princes,The Instructive Aphorism of kangxi's Royal Family is also different from the imperial family instruction all dynasties.It emphasizes early education and strict education,and educates the emperor's sons based on his own experience.The language is easy to understand,which is more conducive for the emperor's family tutors to infiltrate the royal family,the official family and the public.The Instructive Aphorism of kangxi's Royal Family made a profound impact on social and cultural development in the middle of the qing dynasty.On the one hand,it promotes the maturity of the idea of future generations of emperors ruling the country.On the other hand also promote the development of prosperity of the family precepts in the qing dynasty culture,showing the imperial family education on about the royal family,official family education and social enlightenment three levels by up to down,on the family precepts cultural history and social history in the qing dynasty has an important position.