Female Virtue in China Traditional Culture

(3) Congfu refers to a woman who has not married from her father, married from her husband or died from her husband;

From the Book of Rites: "A woman has the meaning of three obedience, and there is no special way, so she does not marry her father, but marries her husband, and her husband dies in her son."

The translation is: "women have the meaning of three obedience, and there is no special way, so they don't marry from their fathers, marry from their husbands, and die from their husbands."

The so-called "four virtues" refer to: virtue, speech, tolerance and merit, that is to say, being a woman is first of all moral character, and she must be upright; Then the text; Followed by appearance; Finally, the way to run a family. From Zhou Li Tianguan Zai

Ancient moral standards for women. The criteria for men to choose their wives. Three obedience and four virtues are the code of conduct and moral norms used to restrain women in China's ancient feudal society, which are collectively called "three obedience and four virtues". Confucian ethics and codes regulate women's morality, behavior and cultivation all their lives according to the principle of "internal and external differences (that is, social division of labor between men and women)".

The Ministry of Education issued "Several Provisions on Prohibiting Obstruction of Compulsory Education" to enhance the awareness of the rule of law and further strengthen compulsory education for school-age children and adolescents. Off-campus training institutions shall not have training contents that violate the party's educational policy and socialist core values, shall not teach "three obedience and four virtues" in the name of "Chinese studies", and shall not use religion to carry out activities that hinder the national education system.

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The Origin of "Three Obediences" and "Four Virtues"

The word "Three Congs" first appeared in the Confucian classic "Book of Rites, Funeral, Xia Zichuan" in the Zhou and Han Dynasties, discussing the mourning years of married women as husbands and fathers.

The word "Four Virtues" can be found in Zhou Li Tianguan, which is the official position of teaching harem women, and is responsible for teaching harem women step by step, including the "ninth wife" with higher status.

At first, it was a kind of court women's education, and later it was called "three obedience", which became the standard of women's morality, behavior, ability and cultivation, that is, "three obedience and four virtues".

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