辨析对《论语》中“孝”的误解

孔子在弟子问“孝”时，提出了“无违”谓之“孝”的思想；在回答如何做到“孝”时提出了“父在，观其志；父没，观其行；三年无改于父之道，可谓孝矣”，“父母在，不远游。游必有方”，“事父母几谏。见志不从，又敬不违，劳而不怨”的论断。有人由此认为，孔子提倡的“愚孝”，强调子女对父母的绝对服从，压制了子女的开拓创新精神、阻碍了子女的发展。本文试图诠释《论语》中孔子有关“孝”的思想，消除人们对其中“孝”的误解。

The Analysis of Misunderstanding about Filial Piety in The Analects of Confucius

When he was asked about filial piety by his disciples, Confucius proposed that No breach equivalent to the filial piety . When it comes to the question on how to achieve the filial piety , he put forward three standards as a example. One is when his father is alive, watch his aspirations, When his father is dead, watch his behavior, this is so called filial piety if he insists on his father＇s teachings constantly for three years . The second is, when his parents are alive, he should not travel too far. He Should make a travel plan and let his parents know if he has to leave home. The third is, one should try to persuade their parents tactfully if the old have done something wrong. If the parents weve unwilling to keep an open mind, one should show his respect and reverences to them without disobedience as usual, he should set his whole heart and mind on taking care of them without complaint . Thus, some people believe that Confucius advocated foolish filial piety, and they think that these would overemphasize children＇s absolute obedience to their parents and suppress children＇s pioneering and innovative spirit, hinder children＇s development. This article attempts to explain the ideology ralating to filial piety in The Analects of Confucius and tries to eliminate the misunderstandings of ＂filial piety＂.