Research On "Husband Guides Wife"

The modernization of traditional Confucian ethics is an important part of modern ethics construction.In the process of modernization,the understanding of Confucian ethics with the "three guidelines" as the core is related to the creative transformation and innovative development of Confucian ethics in the new era.Standing at the height of the new era,many scholars interpret the "three outlines" theory in order to clarify the connotation of the "three outlines" theory and promote the modernization of traditional Confucian ethics.For a long time,scholars’ research on the theory of "three cardinal principles" mainly focuses on "the king is the subject",criticizing or defending the theory of "three cardinal principles" through the emergence and connotation of "the king is the subject".However,this practice of focusing on the social relationship "the king is the subject" ignores the importance of the natural relationship "husband guides wife" and "father guides son".Taking "husband as wife" as the core of the "three programs",this paper discusses the authenticity of husband’s authority and the reasons for this authority in the era of autocracy.Firstly,it analyzes the reasons for the emergence of "husband for wife" and explains that "husband for wife" was formed in the era of relatively mature autocratic thought and autocratic system from the perspective of Ideological and institutional evolution.Secondly,it analyzes the reality of "husband as wife" in life.Through the analysis of a large number of women’s virtues related to their husband’s core rights and interests,such as "Zhen" and "Jie",recorded in the official history of the past dynasties,it is proved that the husband’s authority exists in reality.Analyze the authenticity of "husband as wife" in the law.Through the analysis of the legal texts of the dynasties before the Tang Dynasty and the legal texts of the dynasties after the Tang Dynasty,this paper reveals the lenient punishment of the husband and the severe punishment of the wife under the same behavior of the husband and wife in the marriage life,which shows the inequality of the legal status of the husband and wife and the real existence of the authority of the husband to wife in the law.Thirdly,by analyzing the maintenance of the ruling class of "husband for wife" in the autocratic era and its deconstruction with the end of the autocratic era,this paper demonstrates the role of "husband for wife" in the autocratic era.Finally,it discriminates the contemporary scholars’ discussions on "husband as wife" and "three programs",and clarifies the connotation of "three programs".In view of the practical problems of the modernization of Confucianism,this paper puts forward that the Confucian ethics should be transformed on the basis of socialist practice,and criticizes the authoritative ethics in the era of autocracy in Confucianism.The characteristic of this paper is to use the demonstration method of "Humanistic positivism" to demonstrate the authority of husband in "husband as wife" through data analysis.This paper reveals the reasons for the emergence and authority of the "three outlines" theory,and provides beneficial ideological resources for the transformation of traditional Confucian ethics from a modern perspective.