Through analyzing the evolution of the concept of women s chastity in Ming Dynasty, the article illuminates that the three cardinal guides and five constant virtues fettered the Ming people s thoughts greatly, and although there arose a trend of humanity in the late Ming, the feudal ethical codes were still not weak in throttling human nature, i.

It is considered that the idea of the three cardinal guides and the five constant virtues helps to coordinate the interpersonal relationships of the power disparity of the feudal society and construct required communication orders,which is the precondition for good interpersonal relationship and the foundation that the feudal country realizes long time governing.

Through the perspective of the characters specific images, the Confucianists explores the quintessence of the Chinese nation s ethic,and it becomes the cornerstone of the idea" the three cardinal guides and the five constant virtues"and"Women inferior to men".

Discussion on betray Confucianism of Confucius and Mencius of Cheng-zhu School from Three Cardinal Guides and Five Constant Virtues;

The idea embodied Fan Zhong-yan s administration of local officials,the three " Su" s rule by etiquette,Wang An-shi s rule by law,and Zhu Xi s "three cardinal guides and five constant virtues" as specified in.

He advocated respecting only Confucianism, and put forward the theory of educating people to make them good on the basis of Confucian "three cardinal guides and five constant virtues".