Study on the Traditional Filial Piety of Tujia Ethnic Group and Its Contemporary Value;

Outlining the evolutions of ancient Chinese history,filial piety,as the psychic bases in the family society,on one hand,met the needs to maintain the social stabilization and harmonize the relationship between fathers and sons;on the other hand,used by the feudal monarchs as"Take Filial Piety as Loyalty" for their monarchs.

Laying stress on filial piety is a common practice in Tujia ethnic group.

Through an analysis of the two cases of corruption of Shun described in the book Mencius, this essay tries to show the interrelationship between Confucian thought of filial piety and some corrupt practices, and to discuss how we should carry out the principles of "well-intentioned reading" and "the concern for humanities" in the study of the history of Chinese philosophy.