The Positive and Negative Effects of Chinese Filial Piety

Abstract

After thousands of years of development, filial piety has become a representative of China and has had a profound impact on the Chinese people. People find that with the development of thought, the old concept of filial piety has been unable to adapt to modern society. Therefore, this paper introduces the characteristics of filial piety and explores the influence of filial piety, which affects the self, family, and marital relationship. The focus of this paper is on the social phenomenon caused by the old filial piety and its negative impact on people’s lives. It includes blind obedience to parents, the moral dilemma caused by family, and making people pay most of attention to the original family while ignoring the core family. In addiation, not only the negative effect, the benefit of filial piety in the family and individual aspact also include in the paper.