对中国传统孝文化的辩证思考

中国传统＂孝文化＂的内涵从最初的孝亲意识逐渐演化为社会伦理和政治伦理乃至化为国家的治国方略,在历史上曾发挥过塑造封建社会理想人格、维护家庭和社会的稳定、丰富中华传统文化等积极作用,但同时也存在着移孝为忠、崇尚老年本位、维护封建统治等一些非理性、非人性的因素。当前,要构建适应现代社会需要的新孝道,就必须采用辩证的态度对孝文化进行分析,使孝道回归家庭伦理范围,并且与时俱进地赋予孝文化新的时代内涵。

A Dialectic Thought on the Chinese Traditional Culture of Filial Piety

Filial piety in traditional culture,originateing from familial morality,gradually changed into a more complex concept which involved social morals,political ethics and kingcrafts.In the course of our country's long history,it had played a significant part not only in developing the ideal personality required in feudal society,but also in contrabuting to familial and social stability, thus it enriched our traditional culture.However,filial piety also had its negative sides,such as overemphasis on loyalty of monarch, worshiping on the old,playing an important part in maintaining fedual society and so on.Nowadays,it is of great importance to make a dialectic investigation on the traditional culture of filial piety,to contribute it to the validity of family ethics and to renew the connotation of filial piety,so as to contribute to the construction of the new morality fit for the modern society.