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- Title
The Pursuit of Life in the Troubled Times.
- Authors
Qian Guo-qi
- Abstract
In China' s traditional cultural systems, Yan family Instructions by Yan Zhi-tui, Huangmenshilang ( a government official ) in Northern Qi Dynasty, is a popular, greatly influential and well-known family instructions, which is aimed at qualifying oneself, being an official and conducting oneself in society, etc. The instructions comprehensively reveal Mr. Yan' s experience of life and ideological character with full hardships during the troubled times and reflect his philosophy of life on high value of life and play safe. As his philosophy of life to cope with the turbulent world, the thoughts of high value of life of Yan Family Instructions protrude the significance of life value of perceptual life in man' s life, although its ideological core does not negate traditional belief and value of classical Confucianism, yet its center of gravity evidently falls into being worldly - wise and play safe, and appears the worldly form and negative behavior of classical Confucian ethics. Fully developed in later ages is this philosophy of life in the world, which turns into safeguarding themselves, and dealing with complicated social environments as practical guiding principles by people. It especially offers direct ethical supports to common folks' life attitudes, code of conduct and spiritual world.
- Subjects
CHINA; CULTURE; HISTORICAL sociology; CONFUCIANISM; CONFUCIAN cosmogony
- Publication
Qingdao Daxue Shifanxueyuan Xuebao/Journal of Teachers College Qingdao University, 2009, Vol 26, Issue 1, p57
- ISSN
1006-4133
- Publication type
Article