Ancient Chinese Jiaxun and modern family education

Ancient Chinese Jiaxun was a most essential method that ancient people used to teach their descendants how to cultivate their moral character,manage their households and conduct themselves.It was also a basic form that parents adoptcd to educate their children for centuries in ancient China.Ancient Chinese Jiaxun included morality education that centred on filial piety and fraternal duty,personal character education that focused mainly on industry and thrift and manner education that mainly paid attention to farming and reading.Principles of the combination of universality and particularity,the combination of personal example and verbal instruction and the combination of admonishment and guidance were adopted in its educational method.Closure,continuity,succession and duality were the unique characteristics of Chinese Jiaxun.The active elements in ancient Chinese Jiaxun can still provide significant reference for modern family education.