Taking"Loyalty"and"Filial Piety"as the Scriptures——An Analysis of the Confucian Ethical Theme of Flowers in the Mirror
It is an important ideological theme of Flowers in the Mirror to promote Confucian ethics such as loyalty,filial piety,etiquette and righteousness,wisdom,honesty and kindness.In addition to the concept of"loyalty"and"filial piety",the Confucian ethics advocated in Flowers in the Mirror,in general,have the following characteristics:to be good and upright,to value morality and light profit,to be chaste and to abstain from prostitution,to be industrious and thrifty,and so on.The Confucian ethics advocated in Flowers in the Mirror have priority and disadvantage,among which"loyalty"and"filial piety"are at the core,while other Confucian ethics are at the edge.The main idea of this kind of thought has a distinct tendency of advocating good and punishing evil,promoting human nature,paying attention to people's livelihood,and criticizing the current situation,which reflects the author's painstaking efforts to persuade and satirize the world.
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