THE IDEA OF FILIAL PIETY IN ANCIENT CHINA · “The Mandate of Heaven” NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH...
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THE IDEA OF FILIAL PIETY IN ANCIENT CHINA
How did filial piety effect family patterns in Ancient China?
How did filial piety effect Chinese government?
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WHAT WAS CHINA LIKE DURING THE MIDDLE AGES?
¢ 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
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WHAT 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)
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WHO CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF FILIAL PIETY?
¢ Filial piety was the idea of a Chinese philosopher named Confucius (551-479 BC)
¢ Believed that respect for elders was key to running a good society / government
¢ How might this ideal make sense?
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CONFUCIUS THE TEACHER
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“THE GOLDEN RULE”
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CONFUCIUS TEMPLES
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CONFUCIUS’ BIRTHDAY (TEACHER DAY) - 9/29
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WHEN DID FILIAL PIETY 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!!!!
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HOW DID FILIAL PIETY IMPACT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT?
¢ 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”
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NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THIS DYNASTY…
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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
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NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THIS MANDATE…
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THE FORBIDDEN PALACE
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THE HALL OF SUPREME HARMONY
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DRAGONS…DRAGONS…EVERYWHERE!!!
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The Throne of the Chinese Emperor
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HOW DID THE CHINESE 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
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Ancestor alter inside a Chinese families home
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Ancestor shrine near Beijing, China cir. 2007
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Other examples of ancestor shrines in
Chinese society
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WHERE 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