Yan Family Instructions is the first family instruction with rich content and grand system in the history of the Chinese nation, and it is also an academic work. The author Yan Zhitui was a famous writer and educator in the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
This book was written after Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty destroyed the State of Chen and before Yang Di ascended the throne (about the end of 6th century AD). Yan Zhitui's personal experience, thoughts and knowledge are the books to warn future generations. There are seven volumes and twenty articles. They are first in order, second in godson, third in brothers, fourth in marriage, fifth in running the family, sixth in moral exercise, seventh in wood constitution, eighth in reading, ninth in articles, tenth in name and substance, eleventh in doing things, twelfth in saving trouble, thirteenth in stopping, fourteenth in discipline, fifteenth in nourishing the heart, sixteenth in returning to the heart, seventeenth in documentary evidence, and eighteenth in pronunciation and miscellaneous words.
The Book of Commandments is a letter written by Zhuge Liang, a statesman in the Three Kingdoms Period, to his son Zhuge Zhan before he died. From the text, we can see that Zhuge Liang is a noble and knowledgeable father, and his inculcation and infinite expectations for his son are all in this book. Through the words of wisdom, rationality, conciseness and preciseness, the full text expresses the father's love in the world, which has become a famous piece of self-cultivation and determination of future students.
Zhu Zi's Family Instructions, also known as Zhu Zi's Family Instructions and Zhu Bailu's Family Instructions, is an enlightening textbook that pays attention to family morality. Zhuzi's Family Instructions is only 525 words, which brilliantly expounds the ways of self-cultivation and family management, and is a masterpiece of family education. Many of these contents have inherited the excellent features of China traditional culture, such as respecting teachers and valuing morality, diligent housekeeping, living in harmony with neighbors, and so on, which are still of practical significance today.
Letters from Zeng Guofan is a collection of Zeng Guofan's letters in the middle of Qing Dynasty19th century. This collection of letters records Zeng Guofan's Hanyuan career and military career from 30 years of Qing Daoguang to 30 years of Tongzhi 10, with nearly 500 letters. The content involved is extremely extensive, which is a vivid reflection of Zeng Guofan's main activities and the way of governing politics, family and learning.
Zeng Jiashu's writing is calm, free in form, free in thought and writing, full of true knowledge and kind words in plain daily life, and has strong persuasiveness and appeal. Although there are few works handed down from ancient times, there is only one family letter that can reflect his knowledge and moral cultivation. As a famous Neo-Confucianism and litterateur in Qing Dynasty, Zeng Guofan was very particular about the format of letters, which showed his sincere and rigorous style.
Letters from Fu Lei is a book reprinted by Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences Press in 2006. The writer is Fu Lei. Letters from Fu Lei was first published in 198 1. The publication of Fu Lei's Letters was a sensational cultural event at that time and sold well for more than 30 years. This is a letter written by Fu Lei and his wife to Fu Cong and his daughter-in-law Milla from 1954 to 1966 in May, edited by his second son Fu Min.
These letters began in 1954 when Fu Cong left home to study in Poland, and ended in 1966 when Fu Lei and his wife committed suicide. Hundreds of letters in 12 years run through Fu Cong's growing experience from studying abroad and having a good time to getting married and having children, and also reflect Fu Lei's translation work, friends' communication and the ups and downs of Fu Lei's family fate. Fu Lei and his wife are very careful. Their son's letters were properly collected and the key contents were classified and copied into volumes.
Disciples Rules is a three-character poem written by Li Yuxiu, an educator in Qing Dynasty. Its content adopts Article 6 of The Analects of Confucius, which says: "Disciples are filial when they enter, and filial when they leave. They are sincere and trustworthy, they love the people and are kind. Have spare capacity to study literature, three words and one sentence, two sentences and one rhyme. The full text consists of 360 sentences, 1080 words. Disciples Rules is natural and smooth, unpretentious and far-reaching, and occupies an important position in Qing culture.
Family Instructions of Qian Family is a priceless treasure, and it is the spiritual legacy left by Qian Liu, the ancestor of Qian Family during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. In the 13th year of the Republic of China (1924), Qian Wenxuan, the thirty-second grandson of Qian Liu, the king of Wusu, compiled Qian Jiacheng. He summarized Qian's family instructions according to his ancestor Wusu's eight instructions and inheritance. Qian Jiaxun is based on the Confucian moral ideal of "self-cultivation, keeping the family in order, governing the country and leveling the world".
The content covers four aspects: individual, family, society and country, and comprehensively regulates and teaches future generations' thoughts and behaviors in living the world and managing their homes. For thousands of years, Qian's clansmen have always regarded family instruction as their code of conduct, and practiced the motto that "those who get the integration must seek, and those who get the world must seek"