Filial Piety between China and Western Countries (2).doc

中西孝文化浅谈 Filial Piety between China and Western Countries Contents Abstract ………………………………………………….. ……………....1 Key words ……………………………………………….. ……………....1 I. Introduction ………………………………………….. ……………...1 II. Filial Piety and Friendship …………………………….. ……………...3 Filial Piety …………………………………………………………...3 Friendship ……………………………………………………………..4 Parents' R esponsibility to Children ………... …………………….…4 Children ’sR esponsibility to Parents …………………. ………….…6 III. Reason s for the D ifferences ………………………………………....7 IV. How toT reat the D ifferences …………………………………..…..9 Individual …………………………………………………….. ……...10 Society …………………………………………………………….….12 V. Conclusion …………………………………………………………….14 References ………………………………………………………………...15 Filial Piety between China and Western Countries Filial Piety between China and Western Countries 摘要: 众所周知,中国主要的家庭亲子关系就是孝敬。孝即孝顺老人,并且强调“无违”。几个世纪以来,孝都是中国善事父母的行为准则。而在西方,儿女或多或少对自己的父母心存敬爱,但家庭关系更看重的是友谊。孝是中国在亲子关系上区别于西方国家的主要特点。孝文化能够很好的安置老人, 让他们得到社会的尊重和照顾; 然而在某方面来说, 他制约了年轻一代的发展。西方国家不同代际之间的友谊关系能够很好地维护年轻一代的权利。在当今社会, 我们中国人应该继续发扬传统的孝文化, 与此同时, 学习西方亲子关系中先进的东西,为我所用,使我们的社会更具人性化。关键词:孝;无违;孝顺;友谊; 尊敬 Abstract : As everyone knows, the main Chinese family relationship is Xiao (filial piety). Filial piety means "being courteous and obedient to elders" , and stress “no disobey ”. For centuries, filial piety has guided the attitude and actions of parental care in China. In western countries, sons and daughters love and respect their parents more or less. It is the main characteristics from western countries, which stress friendship, on relationships between parents and children. Filial piety culture finds a good place for the elder, having the society respect and care of them ;but it limits the youth ’s development ina certain aspect . Friendship of different generations in western countries maintains youth ’s rights well. In nowadays society, we Chinese should continue develop our traditional filial piety culture and absorb good things of western friendshi