JIANGHAN ACADEMIC ›› 2012, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (2): 91-96.

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From the TV Series Sha Chun to Observe the ContemporaryDisorganization and Ethical Turn of Traditional Familism

CHEN Hong-mei   

  1. School of Communication,Xuzhou Normal University,Xuzhou 221000,Jiangsu,China
  • Received:2011-11-15 Online:2012-04-30 Published:2013-10-25

Abstract: The TV Series Sha Chun is a typical show of traditional Chinese family ethics life. Familism has a strong family unity and emphasis on family heir reproduction, the tress of the Ancestor command, focusing on public property, the family characteristics of the overall honors. However, in contemporary China, conflicts between the family interests and the rights of the individual, family private morality and public morality , that emphasis on men and equal rights of every member,make the old ethics face the danger of disorganization.The new family ethic should adhere to the principle of unity of emotion and justice, respect for freedom and individuality of each member, the principle of great importance to the cultivation of a sense of social responsibility.This shift is the contemporary fate of traditional Chinese family ethics.

Key words: the TV Series Sha Chun, familism, family, ethics

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