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Title: 顔氏家訓
Alternate Title: Yan Shi Jia Xun
Credits: Produced by Yu-Fen Luo
Summary: "顔氏家訓" by Zhitui Yan is a collection of instructional essays focused on family values and moral teachings, likely composed during the late 6th century. The text discusses essential virtues such as filial piety, the importance of education, and maintaining family harmony. It serves as a guide for raising children and managing family relationships, offering insights rooted in Confucian philosophy. The opening of this profound work begins by outlining the overarching purpose of the text: to educate and guide descendants in virtues, emphasizing the significance of filial duty and proper conduct. The author reflects on his own upbringing, highlighting the teachings he received from family members that shaped his character. He insists that despite the complexities of human nature, the responsibility to impart moral education is crucial and reflects on examples of historical figures to illustrate the consequences of neglecting such duties. The early chapters set a tone of earnest concern for familial and social morality, laying a strong foundation for the moral discourse that follows. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Yan, Zhitui, 531-591
EBook No.: 25365
Published: May 7, 2008
Downloads: 82
Language: Chinese
Subject: Conduct of life
Subject: Ethics -- China
LoCC: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Ethics, Social usages, Etiquette, Religion
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: 顔氏家訓
Alternate Title: Yan Shi Jia Xun
Credits: Produced by Yu-Fen Luo
Summary: "顔氏家訓" by Zhitui Yan is a collection of instructional essays focused on family values and moral teachings, likely composed during the late 6th century. The text discusses essential virtues such as filial piety, the importance of education, and maintaining family harmony. It serves as a guide for raising children and managing family relationships, offering insights rooted in Confucian philosophy. The opening of this profound work begins by outlining the overarching purpose of the text: to educate and guide descendants in virtues, emphasizing the significance of filial duty and proper conduct. The author reflects on his own upbringing, highlighting the teachings he received from family members that shaped his character. He insists that despite the complexities of human nature, the responsibility to impart moral education is crucial and reflects on examples of historical figures to illustrate the consequences of neglecting such duties. The early chapters set a tone of earnest concern for familial and social morality, laying a strong foundation for the moral discourse that follows. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Yan, Zhitui, 531-591
EBook No.: 25365
Published: May 7, 2008
Downloads: 82
Language: Chinese
Subject: Conduct of life
Subject: Ethics -- China
LoCC: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Ethics, Social usages, Etiquette, Religion
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.