Filial Piety in Chinese and western cultures英语毕业论文

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1、FilialPietyinChineseandwesterncultures1          Backgroundinformation Asweknow，everyculturehasbeenformedthroughaverylongandtortuoushistoryperiod.Becauseofitsdifferencedevelopedhistory,theculturesarevarioustoo.Indeferentculture,theinterpersonalrelationshiphasgreatdifference,espec

2、iallybetweenparentsandchildren,whichhadbeenseriouslyinfluencedbythecultureindifferentcountry.Familyisavitalsocialunitinanycountry,butitscompositionarevariousbecauseofitsdifferentculturebackgroundindifferentcountry.ItleadstopeoplehavedifferentunderstandingforFilialpietyindifferent

3、country. 2          FilialPietyinbothChineseandwesterncultures 2.1 ThecompositionoffamilyIntraditionalChinesefamily,extendedfamilyisacommonthing.Itmeansthatthreeorfourgenerationslivedunderoneroof.Peopleusedtobelievethatthebiggerthefamily,thebetter.Eachcouplehadmanychildrenandwhen

4、theygrewup,theystilllivedwiththeirmotherandfather.Eveniftheylatergotmarried,thenchildren’schildrencontinuedhavinglotsofbabiesandintheendthehouseholdgrewverybig.Therearemoreandmorefamilymembersandinsomecasesitwasthreeorfourgenerationsunderoneroof.Theyallbelievedthatalargefamilywas

5、blessedwithgoodfunctionandtheydidn’tworryaboutanyonecausingthenanytrouble.Amongtheseveralgenerations,theoldestgenerationisthemostimportant;theirsocialpositioninthefamilyisthehighest.Allimportantdecisionshavetobediscussedwiththem.Theyaretheoldestandtheyarealsoquiteknowledgeable.It

6、isobviousisCaoxueqin’sADreamofredMansions;themotherofJiaisthetypicalexample.Inextendedfamily,thegrandparentslookafterthechildren,heparentslookafterthegrandparentsandthechildrenbringjoystotheirgrandparents.Chinesepeopleoftentelltheirchildrenthattheymustshowfilialpiety.Whatexactlyd

7、oesthatmean?Itmeanstoobeyone’sparents,andnottoupsettheminanyway.Inahousewheretherearethreeorfourgenerationsunderoneroofchildrenobservertheirparentsshowingfilialpietytowardsthegrandparents.Astimegoesbyandtheygrewup,theytoowillknowhowtoexpresstheirfilialpiety.Asonegenerationlearnsf

8、romthelast,everyonelearnstobecomeafilial