The meaning of filial piety

Filial piety is an act advocated by China's cultural tradition, which means that children's behavior should not go against the conscience of parents, elders and ancestors, so that they will not go astray, which is a manifestation of stable ethical relations. The so-called "filial piety is the first virtue" shows that the Chinese nation attaches great importance to filial piety. Filial piety is generally manifested as filial piety and filial piety. Filial piety refers to parents' affirmation of their children in order to repay their upbringing, so as to obey their parents' instructions and orders and act according to their wishes.

Filial piety as an ethical concept was formally put forward in the Western Zhou Dynasty. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, the meaning of filial piety was as follows: 1. To the ancestors. To the ancestors. Filial piety is mainly manifested by offering sacrifices to ancestors in ancestral halls. The object of filial piety is the deceased, which has a certain religious form. Second, carry on the family line. In the eyes of people in the Western Zhou Dynasty, ancestors are the life of our generation. Therefore, ancestor worship is to continue the life of ancestors. I ching: "ancestors, the origin of class, no ancestors, evil?"

China has had filial piety since the Western Zhou Dynasty. The most influential is Confucianism represented by Mencius. The most familiar is-"Mencius Li Lou": "There are three kinds of unfilial, and there is no queen." The original text is "Mencius said: there are three kinds of unfilial, and there is no big one." Marry without telling, and there is no queen, and the gentleman thinks that it is still telling. "