dc.description.abstract | Since Emperor Wu accepted Dong Zhongshu′s advice to ′dismiss the hundred schools of thought and revere only Confucianism′, Confucianism gradually became the dominant philosophy of political governance during the Han Dynasty. In terms of talent selection, he accepted Dong Zhongshu′s advice that "to seek virtue, one must first cultivate scholars", so he began to "build universities and set up bright teachers", establishing the Five Classics doctors to teach the Five Classics and cultivate scribes, which was the beginning of scripture learning in the early Han Dynasty. The Book of Filial Piety, one of the classics of Confucianism, also influenced Han politics, ideology, education, ethics and rituals in many ways. The famous "Han ruled the world by filial piety" incorporated the teachings of the Book of Filial Piety into Han politics, such as the establishment of the Doctor of Filial Piety and the election of filial officials to praise "filial piety and fraternity" and punish "unfilial piety". In other words, the sutra is not a source of political value. In other words, the classics In other words, the classics are not rigid, but only those who are able to use them flexibly and understand their nature, background, structure, and meaning can apply them to different times, politics, and the complexities of the real world.
The author′s commentary on the Book of Filial Piety is mainly based on Zheng Xuan′s Zheng Zhizhi (The Book of Filial Piety), which is characterised by the fact that the meaning of the sutra can be applied to the context of the times and the rituals of the time. In his commentary on the Book of Filial Piety, Zheng Xuan places the Book of Filial Piety in the context of the Six Arts, and behind this Commentary on the Book of Filial Piety is Zheng Xuan′s system of the Book of Filial Piety. It is because of the Book of Filial Piety that the six arts of government and education were initiated, and the Book of Filial Piety is the foundation. In order to understand the content of the commentary, it is necessary to explore the relationship between the commentary and the Six Arts, and it is because the commentary on the Book of Filial Piety has always been a part of the Six Arts that it is able to fully explain the parts of filial piety, brotherhood, ritual and music.
If one were to abstract filial piety, fraternity and rituals from the context of the study of the Xiaojing, although the abstract interpretation would be rich and diverse, it would also lose the connotation of the classic. In the Han dynasty, the doctrine of filial piety was put into practice in politics and spread to all levels of society, and the ideas of filial piety developed at this time have influenced modern times for over two thousand years. Therefore, the best place to begin to understand the development of the Book of Filial Piety is in the Han dynasty, when the sutra was firmly established. | en_US |