T HE I DEA OF FILIAL PIETY IN A NCIENT C HINA How did filial piety effect family patterns in Ancient China? How did filial piety effect Chinese government?

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T HE I DEA OF FILIAL PIETY IN A NCIENT C HINA How did filial piety effect family patterns in Ancient China? How did filial piety effect Chinese government?

W HAT WAS C HINA LIKE DURING THE M IDDLE A GES ? China was also a feudal society during the Middle Ages A government based on land control / military loyalty In Europe = emphasis on land In China = emphasis on loyalty Filial piety

W HAT IS FILIAL PIETY ? Filial piety is the idea of putting the family’s needs / interests above one’s own wishes Unconditionally love and support for parents / other relatives Show complete obedience towards elders Deep respect towards family’s past (ancestors)

W HO CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF F ILIAL P IETY ? Filial piety was the idea of a Chinese philosopher named Confucius ( BC) Believed that respect for elders was key to running a good society / government How might this ideal make sense?

C ONFUCIUS T HE T EACHER

“The Golden Rule”

C ONFUCIUS T EMPLES

Confucius’ Birthday (Teacher Day)

W HEN DID F ILIAL P IETY ORIGINATE ? Originated between 200 and 500 AD in ancient China Chinese emperor actually turned the practice into law So, being disrespectful towards your elders was punishable by torture and death!!!!

H OW DID F ILIAL P IETY IMPACT THE C HINESE G OVERNMENT ? Ancient China was ruled by an emperor Periods of rule were known as “dynasties” To justify their rule, emperors used the idea of filial piety to create a new philosophy “The Mandate of Heaven”

Not to be confused with this dynasty…

What is the “Mandate of Heaven”? The “mandate of heaven” is the Chinese version of “divine right” What is “divine right”? Under this rule, the emperor displays himself as a “father figure” Played on the Chinese people’s sense of respect for their elders

Not to Be confused with this Mandate…

H OW DID THE C HINESE PEOPLE SHOW THEIR BELIEF IN FILIAL PIETY ? One way was through ancestor worship Families would build shrines or small memorials to dead family members Believed that through offerings, insured a good afterlife for their family The spirits of their ancestors protected them from evil

Ancestor alter inside a Chinese families home

Ancestor shrine near Beijing, China cir. 2007

Other examples of ancestor shrines in Chinese society

W HERE IS FILIAL PIETY PRACTICED TODAY ? Filial piety is practiced all over Asia today Extremely important to Chinese culture Thought it is not punishable by death in modern Asia, breaking such piety is looked down upon. China / Japan Filial Piety statue in Tokyo, Japan cir. 1998