Essentials of Ancient Family Precepts Classical and Vernacular Contrast

Author: Wang Ren'en, Compiler
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Publish Date: 2001-07-01
Features: Family precepts, also known as family orders, family laws, family agreements, family regulations, family admonitions, family models, family etiquette, family principles, court instructions, court decrees, and domestic training. Ancient family precepts were rich in content, with both essence and dross coexisting. As traditional family precepts are a historical category and a product of China's feudal society, they are naturally imbued with feudal ethical and moral concepts. We should absorb their reasonable parts and promote the essence of ancient family precept culture while discarding the dross. This book selects fifty family precepts from the pre-Qin period to the modern era, some long and some short, some elegant and some colloquial. To cater to general readers, the compiler has translated the more elegant and difficult ones into vernacular language for readers to read and reference.