Master Beating His Father and the Absurd Million-Dollar Filial Son
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Recently, two news stories related to \"filial piety\" have attracted considerable attention. One is a master’s-level public servant who knelt down to apologize after staging a full-blown confrontation with his parents ； Secondly, a campaign titled the \"China’s Little Filial Sons Training Project\" was officially launched. It aims to train one million such young people across the country over a period of about five years, so as to serve as moral role models for hundreds of millions of children nationwide. Some say that filial piety comes first among all virtues, and incidents like those involving masters treating their parents badly illustrate the importance of cultivating this quality. More people believe that this program claims children with good grades are more filial, and the “experience” of having a master’s degree serves as a harsh rebuke to this claim, showing just how unreliable this so-called program is. Which of the two views is correct and which is wrong?
A society that seeks quick success and instant benefits, with declining morals... There’s nothing to say!!!
I believe that whether children are filial or not is primarily the responsibility of their parents; society only plays a secondary role in this regard.
Dogs can never stop eating poop; just as scoundrels will always remain scoundrels, it’s hard to believe that kneeling down can change them. The saying “a kind mother often spoils her child” is a truth that has held true throughout history. It’s not easy to forgive someone who kneels in front of his father – such a person is basically worthless; don’t expect him to treat his parents well. Just as ice doesn’t form overnight, his behavior of being rude and unfilial didn’t develop over a single day either. Moreover, “filial children” are not nurtured by the state but by their families; a good family tradition is the foundation for raising filial children. All we can do is increase media oversight, promote the culture of filial piety, encourage and reward behaviors that show filial devotion, and punish those who are unfilial. Only by making this culture the mainstream can we achieve real progress – rather than coming up with some ridiculous concept of “million filial children” that only seems laughable. It seems that those who formulate certain policies don’t read enough books and know very little about China’s family culture; that’s all I can say.
Reply to 5# lnmwork: What you say makes perfect sense. Because there are too many incompetent officials in China, it is often said that the quality of the general public is low. The system of selecting government officials is, in itself, a failure of the selection process. I still think that the ancient practice of selecting people based on their moral virtues, as well as the systems used for selecting and evaluating local officials before the reform and opening up, prevented many individuals with poor records from ending up in government positions.
The key is who will conduct the evaluation? What form should it take? Many evaluations are merely a formality; it’s better not to conduct them at all!
Society: The brilliance that is emitted, such splendid radiance
The Three Character Classic says: If a son is unfilial, it is the father’s fault: handshake
If I think again about the term \"filial child\" as a label, it represents something that lasts a person’s entire life. Keep in mind that it is easy to be a filial child for a short time, but difficult to remain one throughout one’s life.
The social environment determines your fate in this world; you have no control over it. Secondly, today’s \"education\" system focuses on outcomes rather than the methods used to achieve them, such as college entrance exams and academic qualifications like those from Tangxi. As long as you achieve material success, it doesn’t matter what process you go through; as for the processes described by those \"heroes,\" their credibility is a matter of perspective – different people have different opinions on that……