Filial Piety And Chinese Traditional Virtue Of Respect For The Aged And Love them-A Study On The Soft——Power Of Confucian Piety Culture

Filial was originated from the primitive society,and shoot had occurred in the ancient times.Confucius brought into his theory system of benevolence in which he specified the ethical value of piety.Filial contains ideas of fulfilling filial duties to parents and showing respect to the elders.Mencius later studied further and broke through its consanguinity relation limits by pointing out that included showing filial piety to the non-consanguineous senior citizens as well as their consanguineous relatives,which endowed the with the universal significance and thus shaped the ideology of Confucian piety culture.Filial has been the most basic moral principle and norm for thousands of years since Chinese ancient times.The filial piety culture has impacted Chinese nation on virtue formation of respect for the respect and love the aged.