传统孝文化的当代意义

The Contemporary Significance of the Traditional Filial Piety Culture

孝作为一种基本的道德要求,是在人类文明进化过程中产生的,并在传统社会中得以弘扬。孝道起着维护家庭与家族的生存与发展的作用。孝道是后辈对长辈的尊敬与赡养,孝道是在父母对子女的呵护中,为子女内心自然生发的情感。传统社会把孝道作为政治道德的基础与前提,失去孝道则被认为丧失了起码做人的道德。在现代社会,家庭仍然是社会基本单位,孝道也应当发挥其功能,同时,现代社会随着人的平均寿命的延长,也已经进入老年化的社会,孝道承担着比传统社会更多的社会功能。

As a basic moral requirement, filial piety was produced in the process of human civilization, and it was de- veloped in traditional society. Filial piety played a role in maintaining the survival and development of family and fami- ly system. Filial piety is the younger generation＇s respect to and support of the elders. The production of filial piety as one passion lies in the process of parents caring their children so that filial piety as natural affection arises in the hearts of their children. Filial piety in traditional society served as the basis and premise of political morality, and anyone who lost filial piety would be considered to have lost basic morality of human being. In modern society, family is still the basic unit of society, so filial piety should also play its role. At the same time, modern society of China, with the extension of the average life expectancy, has entered the aging society so that filial piety bears more social functions than traditional society.