Encouraging Kindness And Enlightenment:Research On Morality Books In The Southern Song Dynasty

Morality books is a book which persuades people to be kindness and guides the social values.The development of morality book was stated in Qin and Han dynasties,prospered in Song dynasty and the development peak was in Ming and Qing dynasties,even to now which has remained certain social influence.During the course of its development,with the Southern Song dynasty as the cut-off point,the morality book was divided into two periods and the type of morality books were different.Before the Southern Song dynasty,the morality book was not yet mature,most of them were created personally and relatively short.However,after the Southern Song dynasty it was complied summary types of books,mostly content was relatively rich.This paper using the philology way to carding the Southern Song dynasty morality book,and discussing the influence of the thoughts of morality book to the local society.Firstly,discussing the background of the Southern Song dynasty morality books,combined with the development of the morality thoughts and the Southern Song dynasty imperial examination system to analyze.The dominant impetus of cultural education career has trained a large number of intellectuals,providing a mass basis for the morality book compilation and spread;organizing industry thriving also greatly promote the circulation of morality books;the development of the morality thoughts and the practice of the combination of qualities,also provides a realistic conditions for the development of morality books.These factors complement each other,promotes each other,eventually,formed the Southern Song dynasty morality books unique patterns.Secondly,to analysis the content of the Southern Song dynasty morality books.Its contents are more social management at the grass-roots level,family ethics,and charity,these aspects through morality books enlightenment for publicity,in order to achieve the local society stable,guiding the social values and the purpose of the public opinion direction.Through the study of its content can be from one side to learn the local society,playing a positive role in the management of the local society.Finally,discussing the influence that the Southern Song dynasty morality books to the Ming and Qing morality books.Which has a connecting link between the preceding and the following in China morality books history.This pattern of morality books was extended by the Ming and Qing dynasties,became social welfare's predecessor,became a part of public culture,has been affected so far all the time.