Vocational Identity and Agency of Chinese College Students: Effects of Filial Piety and Implications in Career Education

Balancing family obligations and personal aspirations is crucial for college students in making life decisions.This critical review examined empirical studies on the effects of filial piety on college students’vocational identity and agency.According to identity capital theory,college students need a sense of agency to construct identity consciously and adapt to adulthood.Filial piety may profoundly influence this process as the core value and internalized social structure for the role of being an adult child in a Chinese family.However,no studies have been conducted from the identity capital perspective.This review found that filial piety had direct effects on college students'vocational identity and also indirect effects by shaping specific agency competencies.The impact of filial piety on the agency was more likely to occur through providing normative guidance about adult roles,influencing how college students view family as a supportive resource,and perpetuating parenting experiences.Based on these findings,this article suggested further examining the mediating role of agency between filial piety and identity development,as well as the effects of filial piety on the psychological foundation of agency development.This review suggested enhancing the agency of college students and encouraging reflections on filial piety in career education.

“Filial Piety” in The Analects of Confucius and “Filial Piety” in Today’s Society

Against today’s backdrop of“filial piety”in society,the“filial piety”in the Analects of Confucius triggered heated debates.Since ancient times,“filial piety”,which is of great importance to traditional Chinese culture,has been an important part of Confucianism.“Ingratitude”will inevitably be condemned by society.But nowadays,“irrational filial piety”will turn into“foolish filial piety”.Therefore,what people should do is to carry out“rational filial piety”and carry forward Chinese traditional culture critically so as to make contribution to building a harmonious socialist society.

Inheritance and Innovation of Chinese Filial Piety Culture

Chinese traditional filial piety culture has gained widespread acceptance in contemporary social life and has been inherited and carried forward in a variety of ways instead of fading away with the development of economy and society.Meanwhile,under the background of urbanization,industrialization,and modernization,traditional filial piety also faces many new challenges.This paper puts forward the reflections and countermeasures concerning the inheritance and innovation of filial piety culture in the new era from perspectives of concept connotation,publicity and education,institutional guarantee,funding source,and social organizations.

The Life Wisdom of Chinese Traditional Filial Piety

Filial piety is not only the core concept of Confucianism,but also an important category of Mohism,Legalism,Taoism and Buddhism.To analyze the essence of Chinese traditional filial piety,we should explore it from the vast classical works of hundreds of schools of thought,and also from the long-term practice of social life of all nationalities and folk culture.I think that although the content of"filial piety"is constantly changing with the times,the wisdom of life contained therein,especially the dialectical thinking of thinking and dealing with filial piety,is the essence of the most universal and lasting value.

Does Filial Piety Make a Good Government Official?

FILIAL piety has been an essential element of traditional Chinese culture since the time of Confucius and is all about the way Chinese relate to their parents and other family members.Now the concept has found its way into the workplace.Recently this virtue was introduced as one of the criteria for selecting government officials,leading to a flurry of debate among the public. In Weixian County,north China’s Hebei Province,Qi Jinghai, Secretary of the Weixian Committee of the Communist Party of China,introduced a regulation stating that candidates applying

Confucian Filial Piety,Economic Growth and Divergence among Civilizations

This paper employs an economic approach to analyze the influence of Confucian filial piety on economic growth in ancient China. In the highly imperfect credit market of the time, filial piety, as a unique mechanism for fulfilling intergenerational contracts, could to some extent solve problems of verifiability and commitment and thus effectively promote economic growth by increasing savings. However, the implementation and maintenance of filial piety were not spontaneous; it required external intervention by the rulers. Rulers faced a tradeoff when allocating resources between production and war. It was this tradeoff that determined the level of filial piety in society. A comparison between the civilizations of the Central Plains, nomadic Xiongnu society and ancient Rome verifies our proposition and thus explains in some degree the difference between Eastern and Western civilizations.

Should a Lack Of Filial Piety Be Penalized?

Chinese traditionally have viewed the extended family model as an admirable living pattern worthy of acclamation. With the rapid development of a market economy, however, values have been changing in China. Most young people want to lead an independent life, and thanks to the immensely improved living conditions, they are moving out of their parents' homes to pursue their own lives. Family size

Filial Piety and Confucius

"I ’ve noticed that Chinese children are very respectful to their par-ents,"I said to my friend Mr.Yang."That’s because we have a strong cultural tradition supporting filial piety.One of the most important children’s books is an ancient one-which came out of our Confucian tradition,"said Mr.Yang.

Is It Possible to Impart Filial Piety on Children Through Training?

For centuries, the saying "of all kind- ness, filial piety comes first," has long been a guide for moral behavior in China. Filial piety means to be obedient and respectful to one’s parents. It holds a significant position in the Chinese

A Study on the Development and Transmission of Filial Culture in the Legend of Ding Lan Carved Wood

At present, the protection of the legend of Ding Lan Carved Wood is declining and fails to give full play to its function of building filial culture. Combined with the examination of the contemporary inheritance and protection of the legend of Ding Lan Carved Wood, we make full use of the existing resources of the legend of Ding Lan Carved Wood in urban areas and unite the cities of Xuzhou, Xingping, and Jiaozuo to put forward practical and favorable suggestions for development and inheritance, and jointly promote the exploration of the development and inheritance path of the filial culture of the legend of Ding Lan Carved Wood.

The Diversification of Children＇s Support for Their Parents in the Context of an Aging Society： Concepts and Behavior

China＇s aging society and the family-based model of basic aged care determine that children＇s support for their parents directly affects the standard of living of the majority of the aging population. Existing theories indicate that in this era of social transition, the implications of filial piety have shifted from the traditional emphasis on the parent- child generational relationship and children＇s duty to obey their parents to a dual mode in which family love coexists with the authority of the elders. Using data from the Chinese General Social Survey of 2006, we explore the ways in which the two basic dimensions of authoritarian filial piety and reciprocal filial piety connect with various types of filial behavior. The results of our multivariate linear model show that on average, authoritarian filial piety, which emphasizes authority relationships and children＇s duty, increases children＇s financial support for their parents, while reciprocal filial piety, stressing family love and generational equality, significantly increases children＇s emotional support for their parents. A comparison of the basic dimensions of filial piety shows that neither significantly increases children＇s physical support for their parents. Further analysis of the interaction effect indicates that the link between authoritarian filial piety and financial support is more significant among younger groups. In addition, for males, a marginally significant positive relation exists between authoritarian filial piety and physical support for their parents.

Multiple Social Networks in Grassroots Governance in Rural China

Existing research on grassroots rural governance in China adopts a network perspective to explore the role of traditional social vehicles including clans,clan clusters and popular beliefs in improving village governance.However,most of this research has concentrated on analyzing the way in which horizontal network relationships lead to effective village governance.It has thus to some extent neglected the basic reality of the overlapping interconnections between the ＂top-down＂ administrative system and the informal structure of village governance.In fact,an analysis that proceeds from the features of the government＇s own organizational network,the social structure of the village itself and the position of its elites in order to focus on modes of interaction within the village under the intermixture of（formal） system design and（informal） social relations,shows that differences in the composition of the government＇s promotional networks resulting from the traits of keyofficials affect the speed of policy dissemination as well as the government＇s mode of interaction with the village elites.Moreover,differences in these modes of interaction further influence the subsequent operation of self-organization based on social traditions（＂filial piety＂ or ＂morality＂）.At the same time,structural elements,including the economic and social relations of the village itself,determine whether self-organization will improve the quality of governance in the long term.This finding can serve as a reflection on and critique of the theories of ＂strong government＂ and ＂tradition＂ current in academia.

Bringing Chinese Law in Line with Western Standards?Problematizing“Chinese”and“Western”in the Late Qing Debate over the New Criminal Code of Great Qing

This article examines the intense debates over the New Criminal Code of Great Qing(Da-Qing xin xinglü)in the National Assembly(Zizheng yuan)during the Qing empire’s New Policy Reform(1901–11).The focus is on the conflict between those who drafted and supported the new code and those who expressed reservations,especially over reform of the laws on filial piety and fornication.The issue of reconfiguring the family and social order through law was closely related to the overarching agenda of twentieth century legal reform in China—making an empire that“ruled through the principle of filial piety”into a modern nation-state that had direct relationships with its citizens.More importantly,an analysis of the late Qing debate over family law enables this article to problematize such concepts as“Chinese”and“Western”during this crucial moment of China’s empire-to-nation transformation.It showcases the paradox of China’s modern-era reforms—a contradiction between imposing Western-inspired order with a largely indigenous logic and maintaining existing sociopolitical order in the name of preserving national identity.

Confucianisation and the Morality of Law in Imperial China

This article contextualises the debate in Chinese legal scholarship on qingli and fali in their historical backgrounds by tracing the roots, themes, and variations in the dialogue. The earliest record of the debate between Legalism and Confucianism serves as the ground for us to examine the necessity of morality in the practice of law, while the introduction of Confucian ideals into law since the Han dynasty opened up the process of coalescing morality with law in imperial China. Through the case study of xiao （filial piety ）, the article argues that the Confucianisation of law took a long time to complete.