"Filial piety" which can be "standardized"

The filial piety actually have to have a standard, which I am afraid the controversy will not be weaker than the "often home to see" into the law. Although the relevant parties said that this is only an appeal, not mandatory, the tone of the "often home to see" into the law is basically the same. However, these practices are confusing the boundaries between public **** power and ethics. Power should not interfere with people's way of life, and certainly not the power to set standards for people to "fulfill filial piety", in fact, "filial piety" is also difficult to use specific standards to measure. In terms of the creation of the Twenty-four Filial Piety Stories, they are the result of a spontaneous evolution of folklore. The stories of the Twenty-four Filial Piety were things that might have happened in history, and it was Guo Jujing (or his brother Guo Shouzheng) of the Yuan Dynasty who summarized them. This book can be said to have had a very strong historical influence on Chinese society. As we all know, filial piety was the official ideology of the Han Dynasty, and it was also the basic criterion for the selection of officials. During the Han Dynasty, there was a system of "raising filial piety officials," and this is how Cao Cao got his start in the civil service. However, the stories of the Twenty-four Filial Piety Stories predate the Han Dynasty, with the earliest story relating to Shun, and many examples occurring during the Spring and Autumn Period. Confucius also attached great importance to filial piety, such as "When parents are present, they do not travel far, and there is a way to travel" and so on. Before "filial piety" became the official ideology of later dynasties, or even the criterion for the selection of officials, it had long become the basic human ethic of Chinese society in the choice of history. "Filial piety, by its very nature, belongs to the realm of social morality, the private sphere; whereas modern society emphasizes the rule of law, which is in fact the lowest moral requirement. The government only needs to stop or punish people for violating the law, but does not need to require or force people to lead a more noble life. Therefore, there is no need for the authorities concerned to legislate on "frequent visits home", nor is there any need to set standards for filial piety. In addition, about what is "filial piety", the dynasties have also maintained a reverence for this, most of the official to "saints, saints say" faith, the court only advocate the power, but can not set what kind of standards. The power to interpret filial piety was not in the hands of the government, but in the hands of the Confucian group. This is why the Twenty-Four Filial Piety Journals were compiled by Guo Jujing, a private Confucian scholar, because such things were seen as the natural duty of Confucians. In fact, the Twenty-Four Filial Piety Stories are not so much a standard as they are a series of exemplary stories. One of the good things about traditional Chinese culture is that there are no standards for ethical issues. Not only is there no standard for filial piety, but there is also no standard for benevolence, and of course, there is no specific definition for goodness. Why is this so? It is because it is impossible to give a perfect definition and formulate specific standards for such things as ethics and values, which belong to the realm of practical rationality. The formulation of standards belongs to matters related to science. Filial piety is not a productive activity, although the "steamed bread national standard" is a bit ridiculous, but it is not impossible to develop; and filial piety to develop standards, not "can not" the problem, but "impossible! ". The relevant parties have developed a new version of the "24 filial piety" action standards, in addition to the behavior? Life is infinitely rich and colorful, people's behavior is full of diversity of choice, different people do filial piety in a very different way, and the needs of the elderly is also personalized. If some people's conditions are just not good, can only imitate Huang Tingjian every day to brush the toilet for his mother, and can not afford to buy insurance for the elderly, this is not a filial son? "24 filial piety" new standard is too urbanized, while ignoring the reality of rural and backward areas, is also a problem. Therefore, if we really want to set standards, the "240 Filial Piety" is not a problem. 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