第八讲：儒家“孝”概念的早期发展

Lecture Eight

Filial Piety or Filial Care? Development of the Idea of Xiao （孝 ）in Early Confucianism

Speaker主讲人

Li Chenyang 李晨阳 （Nanyang Technological University） 

Moderator主持人

Li Jifen 李记芬

Date日期

11.4, 2025

Time时间

10:00-11:30 am

Place地点

Room 301, Lide Building 立德楼301

About the speaker

Currently an Emeritus Professor of philosophy at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Li’s research interests are mainly in Chinese philosophy and comparative philosophy. His main publications include Reshaping Confucianism (Oxford University Press, 2023), The Confucian Philosophy of Harmony (Routledge, 2014),  The Tao Encounters the West (State University of New York Press, 1999), The Sage and the Second Sex (ed. Open Court, 2000),  The East Asian Challenge for Democracy (eds. with Daniel Bell, Cambridge University Press, 2013), Moral Cultivation and Confucian Character (eds. with Peimin Ni, State University of New York Press, 2014), Chinese Metaphysics and its Problems (eds. with Franklin Perkins, Cambridge University Press, 2015), The Virtue of Harmony (eds. with Dascha During, Oxford University Press, 2022), and over 100 journal articles and book chapters. 

Abstract

The Confucian concept of xiao as developed by classical thinkers contains three important components: (1) children are morally obligated to care for parents materially and physically; (2) they should maintain a high degree of respect for parents; and (3) when parents are in the wrong or on the verge of wrongdoing, grown children must help parents rectify their behaviour so they lead moral lives. Such a tripartite concept should be understood appropriately as filial care rather than filial piety.

主办单位

中国人民大学哲学院；

当代中国哲学发展研究中心