Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional customs - 9. Zhu Zi's family instruction, also known as (), was written by a famous scholar () in Qing Dynasty, and it was a famous family education work in ancient China.

9. Zhu Zi's family instruction, also known as (), was written by a famous scholar () in Qing Dynasty, and it was a famous family education work in ancient China.

Family Instructions of Zhu Zi, also known as Family Instructions, was written by a famous scholar (Zhu Bailu) in Qing Dynasty, and was a famous family education work in ancient China.

Zhu Zi's family instruction, also known as "family instruction", is an enlightenment textbook based on family morality. "Family Instructions of Zhu Zi" is only 524 words, which brilliantly expounds the ways of self-cultivation and family management, and is a masterpiece of family education. Among them, many contents inherited the excellent features of China traditional culture, such as simple life, honest education, thrifty housekeeping and harmonious neighborhood relations. It is highly praised by Confucian scholars in past dynasties and still has practical significance.

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"Running a Family" ("Running a Family in Zhu Bailu"), with 524 words, is easy to understand, concise, clear and catchy. Since its publication, it has spread like wildfire, becoming a well-known and well-known classic family motto for the godsons in the Qing Dynasty. Some of these epigrams, such as "a porridge and a meal, are not easy to think about;" Half-silk and half-wisp, persistent thinking about material difficulties, "prepare for a rainy day and dig a well without thirst" still has educational significance today.

The motto of managing the family, which aims at "self-cultivation" and "keeping the family in order", is a master of the Confucian way of life, with profound thoughts and profound implications. Looking at the motto of managing the family, it is intended to persuade people to be diligent in managing the family and keep their position. China's moral education thoughts, which have been formed for thousands of years, are all expressed in the form of famous sayings and epigrams, which can be taught orally or written as couplets and hung at the door.

As the motto of managing family and educating children, hall and bedroom are very popular among bureaucrats, gentry and scholarly families. It has been widely circulated since it came out, and it has been regarded as a "classic of family management" by scholars of past dynasties. From the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, they once became one of the required reading materials for children.