Research On Mencius's Thoughts On Family Relationshi

Love for his kin occupies a core position in Chinese traditional culture.love for his kin and respect for his officials are the spiritual pillar to.maintain the feudal rule From the perspective of national governance,the principle of respect for his officials the orderly operation of the country.But from the essence of the country,the fiefdoms of the Zhou Dynasty clan is from the friendship of kinship.Mencius inherited the principles of the Duke of Zhou and Confucius,and further enriched the thought of kinship.Historically,the study of Mencius’s kinship thought is basically centered on the father-son relationship,and the study of other roles in the family organization relationship is not sufficient.In the new era,how to realize the creative transformation and innovative development of the thoughts of Mencius’s love for his kin is still a question that contemporary scholars need to answer.This paper is divided into four parts to discuss the idea of Mencius’ love for his kin.The first part of the paper traces the origin of Mencius’s thought.This trace starts from two aspects,on the one hand,to examine the materials of the five Classics before Mencius;on the other hand,to analyze the ideological inheritance from Confucius to Zeng Zi.Through the discussion of these two aspects,the paper briefly summarizes the development of Mencius’s thought before.The second part of paper analyzes the connotation and extension of love for his kin in Mencius.The analysis.is.mainly divided into three levels:First of all,we investigate the origin of the concept of "kiss".Secondly,we divide the thoughts of Mencius’ love for his kin into two sense.that are narrow and broad sense.That refers to the parents and all the relatives,respectively.And respectively explains the narrow sense and the broad sense of love for his kin meaning.And their mutual relations.We points out that the narrow sense of love for his kin is the premise and basis of the broad sense of love for his kin.Finally,we summarized the association between love for his kin and the concepts of "compassion","cheng" and "kindness".Through the discussion of these three aspects,we can roughly grasp the position,function and function of love for his kin in.Mencius’ ideological system.The third part of the paper sorts out Mencius’ views on the relationship between self and blood relation.This combing is carried out from two aspects,on the one hand,the relationship between self and parents,on the other hand,the relationship between self and brothers.In this part,on the one hand,through the analysis of "Shun cry in autumn","Mencius answered Tao Ying’s question","How Kuang Zhang treats his father",the author found in the Mencius set the ethics,"what are you think" is the basis of love for is kin,self when the reflection,actively adjust the.parent-child relationship,and Thanksgiving parents,please the parents.On the other hand,through the interpretation of "Xiang want to kill Shun every day","Appoint Xiang to You bi",found that for Mencius,the ethical norms for self and brotherhood are "happy and sad together" and "just loving him".The fourth part of the paper combs Mencius’ views on the relationship between self,spouse and marriage.In terms of spouse relationship,the author mainly focuses on the chapter of "people from the state of Qi have one wife and one concubine",combined with the discussion of Mencius’ spouse relationship scattered in each chapter,sorting out his basic view of and spouse relationship:the.most important purpose of human marriage is to reproduce;although the wife has obedience and attachment to the husband,the two-way interaction of love is the fundamental law of couple relationship.In terms of in-laws,the author take "reach out to help the drowning sister-in-law"example as the main clues,through the analysis of role characteristics,found the Mencius think self to in-laws dear between collateral relatives and ordinary people,the uncle sister-in-law relationship although in the scope of kinship relationship,but Mencius tend to.handle uncle sister-in-law relationship in the form of ordinary people.The.study of Mencius’ love for his kin thought can not only enable us to have a deeper understanding of the Confucian love for his kin thought,but also guide us to get along well with our loved ones in the society under the impact of individual standard values and the environment of multiple births policy,so as to achieve family harmony and contribute to social harmony.