The Primary Exploration Of Marriage Ethic Of May Fourth Period

Since modern age, with the entrance of China been opened and the western learning's advancing gradually to the east, traditional ethic suffered the huge impact. The May fourth period was the most outstanding. At this time, the advanced intellectuals held high the great banner of democracy and science, and the fierce criticized to the value system of the traditional ethic. As the foundation of the traditional ethic, the family ethic was first hit naturally. The thinkers launched the fierce attack to the traditional marriage ethic and proposed some marriage ethics thoughts that have the modern significance. The thesis has drawn up the marriage ethic of the May Fourth period to comb, to expect construct modern marriage ethic better, and promote the realization of the harmonious society.This thesis mainly includes three parts.The first part of the thesis has described the forming background of the marriage ethic of the May Fourth period. After the Opium War, with the development of capitalist economy of the Chinese society, the natural economy was destroyed, the economic foundation for existence of the traditional marriage ethic began to waver. Meanwhile, saving the national crises became the theme of this period. Under such background, the thinkers begin to introspect and criticize traditional culture. On the basis of absorbing forefathers' thought achievement and western advanced culture, the marriage ethic of the May Fourth period was take shape.The second part of the thesis has elaborated the main contents of the marriage ethic of the May Fourth period concretely. That is, oppose the arranged marriage and advocate the freely-arranged one based on love; oppose the husband guiding the wife and advocate the equality of men and women; oppose the one-sided chastity view, and advocate the modern style chastity view, on this basis, propose implementing the real...