Ruling the World with Filial Piety - Analects of Confucius Throughout 47

Chinese culture talks about filial piety, especially Confucianism. What is filial piety, as stated in the Classic of Filial Piety? It is not only to be filial to your parents, but also to be expanded and enlarged to be filial to the whole world, and to love the whole world, which is called great filial piety.

Those who are in politics are in politics with the heart of a filial son, which is the same reason we say that civil servants are servants of the people. So it developed, the argument after the Tang and Song dynasties: "Seeking a loyal minister must be in the door of a filial son." A person who really loves his parents, his family, and his society must also be a loyal minister. This is because a loyal minister is an exercise of love and affection. If there is no basic love, do you think he will still be loyal to his country and nation? That is why it is said that a loyal minister must come out of the door of a filial son, and only those who have true feelings and true understanding can be loyal.

Chinese culture takes filial piety very seriously, for family education, has always been to "loyalty and filial piety" as the label. China was founded on agriculture, and there is one cultural spirit that is fundamentally different from that of the West, and that is the patriarchal society of China. It is the patriarchal society that gave rise to the feudalism of the Zhou Dynasty after the Three Dynasties. Feudalism, was formed by patriarchy. Because the society of patriarchy, the spirit of filial piety, was established before the Zhou, and after the Qin and Han Dynasties, it was changed from the society of patriarchy to the society of family.

The word "filial piety" is an expansion of the human condition, and when did the Chinese word "filial piety" begin to be politically promoted and practiced? After the Western Han Dynasty, the Wei and Jin Dynasties formally advocated the rule of filial piety. After the Jin Dynasty, the North and South Dynasties, the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty, it was always "rule the world by filial piety". We look at the ministers of the past dynasties, all for the country's major issues, or for the love and care of the people of the issue of the zheng zheng, a lot of have "the holy dynasty to rule the world with filial piety" words. Is the first to take "filial piety" this big hat to the emperor's head, and then the "how how" suggestions, this is what we see in Chinese culture to promote filial piety benefits, advantages. So, the spirit of Chinese filial piety has been passed down.

Of course, some people say that "filial piety" is for the service of the ruling class, is a kind of ruling tool. In fact, everything has its opposite harm, "filial piety" to the harmony of mankind and happy life, its positive significance is still large, this point we must recognize.

In modern times, there is a lot of talk about revitalizing traditional culture, exploring what traditional culture and management, and the emergence of the national hot. I think it is still playing mind games, playing intellectual games, showing off culture and level, not from the heart to work. Some people show that they are highly educated, they are cultured, they know Chinese culture, they know ancient languages, but what is the use of these? Really want to restore traditional culture, I personally feel that we still need to work from the word "filial piety", from all levels of the word "filial piety" this subject to do enough, to do. The key to purifying the hearts and minds of society lies here. Otherwise, high rhetoric, the final effect is only to increase the capital of some bragging only, on the hearts of the general correction, the purification of social customs, did not play a wide range of effects.