What's the difference between ancient and modern filial piety?

1. In ancient China, most of the filial piety was to serve the Virgin and the family. Perhaps modern people are more enlightened than ancient people, because there was a small-scale peasant thought in ancient times. Compared with modern people, he wants a quiet life without being disturbed by others. He prefers to stay at home and work hard. He can take care of his family and elderly parents.

Ancient people's thought of small farmers was very serious, so they were generally content with the status quo and bound themselves with various thoughts, especially in those dynasties where Confucian culture and Confucianism were very developed.

Rulers generally emphasize that they should be content with the status quo and satisfy the status quo. Therefore, it has been repeatedly emphasized that all virtues and filial piety are the first, and the purpose is to let some children stay at home and live a life of farming.

2. Modern filial piety in China is to be more independent from parents, to be an independent person and to pursue one's dreams, which may be the greatest filial piety to parents. In fact, parents are the same, poor parents in the world, their biggest dream is to hope that their children can become talents, even in ancient times.

There are also some parents who want to be a safe haven for their children forever and are reluctant to let their children go alone. But it's already 2 1 century. We are more independent people, more open-minded and more diversified. So the biggest difference between modern image and ancient filial piety is that modern people pay more attention to becoming independent people, while ancient times took on many responsibilities. They are not themselves, but the kind of people their parents expect.

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A typical example of filial piety:

1, abandon the official to find the mother

Zhu Shouchang was born in the Song Dynasty. At the age of seven, his biological mother Liu was jealous of his first mother (his father's wife) and had to remarry. For fifty years, the mother and son have not heard each other's voices. During the reign of God, Zhu Shouchang was an official in North Korea. He used to write the Diamond Sutra and look for his birth mother everywhere. After getting the clue, he decided to give up his official position and go to Shaanxi to find his birth mother, vowing never to come back until he saw her. I finally met my biological mother and two younger brothers in Shaanxi. Mother and son get together and come back together. At this time, my mother was over 70 years old.

2, washing pro-drowning device

Huang Tingjian, a famous poet and calligrapher, was born in Fenning (now Xiushui, Jiangxi) in the Northern Song Dynasty. Although he is in a high position, he still tries his best to serve his mother. He personally washes the drowning device (toilet) for his mother every night, and forgets his son's duties every day.

3. Lei Wen's weeping tomb

Wang Pou, born in Wei and Jin Dynasties (now southeast of Changle, Shandong Province), was well-read and versatile. His father Wang Yi was killed by Si Mazhao. He lived in seclusion as a teacher and never sat facing west, saying that he would never be a minister. His mother was afraid of thunder before her death and was buried in the mountains after her death. Whenever he heard thunder in stormy weather, he ran to his mother's grave, bent down to comfort her and said, "Mom, this is your son. Don't be afraid." When he was teaching, whenever he read Guo E, he often burst into tears and missed his parents.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-filial piety culture

Baidu encyclopedia-filial piety

Baidu Encyclopedia-Abandoning Officials and Finding Mothers