"孝"之观念古今谈

On The Past And The present Concepts of Filial Piety

"孝"是中国传统文化中最具东方特色的伦理思想。在古代其涵义很广,包括"善事父母"、"慎终追远"、甚而扩大到家庭以外的"移孝为忠";今天,孝之观念已发生了很大的变化:"移孝为忠"已成为历史,"慎终追远"的观念亦已淡化,作为其基本内核的"善事父母"之观念不仅得以继承而且发扬光大并赋予新的时代涵义。特别值得注意的是:我们今天提倡"孝"的思想,虽仍以"善事父母"为基点,但更为强调的是作为一个人、一个家庭成员,进而作为一个公民、一个社会成员,应明确自己的家庭责任和社会责任。

Filial Piety is the most orientalized moral ideology in Chinese traditional culture. In ancient times, its meaning had a large extent. It included the concept of being filial to parents, arranging parents'funerals properly and holding memorial ceremonies for ancestors, and it was even broadened to have the comcept of transferring filial piety to loyalty. Today , the concepts of filial piety have changed a lot. The time for the concept of transferring filial piety to loyalty is past. The concept of arranging parents'funerals properly and holding memorial ceremonies for ancestors has also been weakened. The concept of being filial to parents which is regarded as the basic nucleus not only has been inherited but also has been developed and endowed with new meanings. What is specially noteworthy is that today although we still advocate Filial piety on the basis of being filial to parents,we put more emphasis on the concept that as an individual , a family member ,furthermore ,as a citizen and a member of the society, one should make clear his family as well as social responsibilities.