Is there a difference between modern "filial piety" and ancient "filial piety"? Has it changed in essence?

"Filial piety" was originally out of admiration for experienced people. By the time the Zhou people ruled China based on agriculture, the combination of "filial piety" and feudal patriarchal clan system became the basis of the legitimacy of the Zhou dynasty's rule. In the feudal society with China characteristics, in order to ensure their authority, those with higher qualifications would associate their policies, laws and administrative ideas with "filial piety", forcing future generations not to change. Then, everything related to ancestors is considered "filial piety" and all changes are "unfilial". The so-called "the law of ancestors cannot be changed" is actually just a pan-filial political projection caused by the respect for experience in the early farming society of later generations. Confucianism also compares the relationship between monarch and minister to that between father and son, which is equivalent to the infiltration of pan-filial piety into the political field. The absolute monarchy in China became more and more fierce, and it was not until 19 1 1 that it was wiped out by the revolution.

Everything has two sides, and filial piety undoubtedly has negative effects. In feudal society, filial piety was paralyzed, especially after the Song and Ming Dynasties. In modern times, filial piety has been criticized; After the founding of the People's Republic of China, filial piety seems to be feudal, which makes it uncomfortable to mention it, and even fewer people study it. In fact, not talking about filial piety does not mean that filial piety has disappeared in people's hearts. Filial piety, which affects national psychology and people's daily life, exists in everyone's heart. Therefore, how to treat filial piety is actually chaotic. In many places, the excuse of filial piety is feudalism and disrespect for the elderly. Is filial piety valuable in today's society and should it be advocated? How can society, families and schools solve this problem that concerns everyone? This is actually the purpose of our discussion on the ancient concept of filial piety and education.

We can't ignore filial piety; We should inherit and develop it abstractly: lose some feudal contents of traditional filial piety and take its spiritual core-a kind love for parents. At the same time, give new contents and norms to filial piety and put them into practice. We can get the following enlightenment from the ancient filial piety education:

Social education should shoulder the responsibility of propaganda and create an atmosphere of respecting the elderly and loving the young; At the same time, formulate the general norms of filial piety. All social atmosphere is the potential norm of human behavior. Our society should advocate respect for relatives, support relatives and attack unfilial through public opinion; Let people understand that filial piety to the elderly is the morality and obligation of members of society. The forms of publicity should be diversified.

School education can give full play to its own advantages and cultivate students' awareness and behavior of loving their parents in all aspects. For a long time, the school's moral education has always invested more and achieved little. In fact, school education should understand the principle of moral education step by step. As Suhomlinski said, only those who know how to love their parents will know how to love their motherland. Why can't you remember to train your children to respect their parents and then respect their teachers and classmates? For children, the ancients said "sweep before and sweep after". Can you also talk about letting children squeeze toothpaste and fold quilts today? Let children do what they can, which helps to cultivate their independent ability and understand their parents' psychology from an early age. The status of school education in modern times is unattainable in ancient times, and it should make a difference in the cultivation of moral qualities such as filial piety. In family education, parents should set an example of filial piety for their children; At the same time, encourage children to be kind and independent from an early age. Parents are the children's first teachers. Due to the consanguinity of filial piety, parents have unparalleled influence on children in this respect. In ancient family education, the cultivation of intergenerational filial piety is the most important, and parents often set an example for their children; Good family education has given birth to many enduring families. Therefore, as parents, if children want to honor themselves in the future, they should honor their parents now. Parents should also cultivate children's kindness and understand parents and others.