A Study Of "The Twenty-four Filial Piety" In Xixia

At the beginning of the 11th century,the political forces dominated by Dangxiang people rose in the northwest of China and established the Xixia regime.In the Western Xia Dynasty,the Fan-Han culture was given equal attention,and the traditional Confucianism in the Central Plains was mostly inherited and developed.The concept of filial piety played an important role in the culture of the Western Xia Dynasty.A large number of filial piety stories recorded in the Western Xia literature are mostly in line with the "24 filial piety" stories circulated in the Central Plains.From the 12th to 13th centuries,it is an important stage in the history of the formation and development of "24 filial piety" stories.On the basis of absorbing the story of the folk filial son in Tang and Five Dynasties and the "24 filial piety" story system spread in northern China during the Song and Jin Dynasties,the Western xia Dynasty formed a unique version of "24 filial piety"stories through integration and transformation.In the story of "Twenty-four Filial Piety" in the Western Xia Dynasty,filial piety will inevitably produce an induction,and the objects of filial piety are mainly heaven,things and people.Behind these modes of filial piety reflects the characteristics of Filial piety and fraternal duty combine into one,and respect for heaven and emperor in the concept of filial piety in the Western Xia Dynasty.At the same time,it is under the help of this special writing that the "24 Filial Piety" version,which reflects the official will,expresses the political meaning of the ruler’s "shifting filial piety to loyalty".The emergence of"24 filial piety" in the Western Xia system has an important position and historical significance in the historical process of spreading and evolving the story of "24 filial piety",which not only helps us to understand the true situation of the spread and development of the story of "24 filial piety"around the 12th century,but also provides a real and vivid example for us to understand the effect of the Confucian concept of "filial piety" and the customs and cultures in the Central Plains on the Western Xia Dynasty.