郑玄《诫子书》述论

Research on Zheng Xuan's Family Instructions

郑玄的《诫子书》作于东汉末年,其主要内容包括两个方面:一是郑玄的自身经历,二是关于传家与治家事宜。这些内容与郑玄的亲历亲行与成就有着密切关系;其中蕴涵着丰富的儒学思想,主要体现在一是宗法思想,二是孝道,三是勤俭思想,四是志于君子。另外,他还要求传承家学。这篇家训的影响主要体现在两个方面:一是对他的子孙的成长,二是对家训本身的发展,在形式与内容上既传承了前代家训,也有所创新,推动了后代家训的发展。

Zheng Xuan＇s Family Instructions was written in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, consisting of two parts：his own experience and family heirlooms. All was closely related to his own experience and achievements. The Con-fucian thoughts were deeply implied in it, namely, patriarchal thought; filial piety; diligence and thrift; determina-tion and ambition. Besides, he stressed on the family learning. The Family Instructions had a direct impact on thegrowth of his later generations and on the improvement of his Family Instructions. In both form and content, itserves as a hereditary succession to the previous family instructions, with some innovations, promotes the develop-ment of the later family instructions.