Research On Chen Duxiu’s Family Ethics

Chen Duxiu(1879-1942),an advocate of the New Culture Movement of the 20 th century in China,believes that traditional ethics is a stumbling block to social progress,and puts forward that ethical consciousness is "the consciousness of our last consciousness",attaching great importance to the criticism of traditional culture and new moral It has made indelible contributions in the May Fourth New Cultural Movement and the modern transformation of Chinese ethics.Although his ethical thought did not form a complete system,his thoughts and the great influence before leading the way still have important research value.Chen Duxiu’s family ethics has a specific background and also contains rich theoretical significance.Contemporary China is in an important period of transformation.The old and new concepts are changing,the family ethics and morals are obviously changing,and the moral decline is frequent.Therefore,an objective and comprehensive analysis and evaluation of Chen Duxiu’s family ethics and in-depth mining of beneficial theoretical elements can provide new ideas for the construction of family ethics in the new period.Chen Duxiu’s family ethics has a unique background and distinctive personal characteristics.The political,economic,and cultural conditionsat that time and the influence of his own experience provided the prerequisites for his thought formation.The theoretical sources of his thoughts mainly include Chinese traditional culture,Western ethics and modern Marxist ethics.Its ideological content mainly includes individual liberation,marriage autonomy,children’s education,etc.It advocates breaking through the shackles of the old family ethics,achieving personality independence,and advocating individual standard instead of family standard.While enlightening the new family ethics relationship,it also enriched and developed the modern Chinese family ethics,opened the way for the establishment of new ethics in the new period,and played a positive role in the construction of Marx’s Chinese-style ethics.Construction has an enlightening role and promotes social progress and social change.Although Chen Duxiu’s family ethics has shown enthusiasm and progress to a large extent,there are still some limitations,such as the criticism of traditional culture is not objective and comprehensive,and the absorption of Western ideas is biased,so objective understanding and Evaluate Chen Duxiu’s family ethics,draw beneficial ingredients from his thoughts for reference and inheritance.