한국인의 효도관(孝道觀)과 가정문화

Abstract

From the days of old to the end of the Joseon Dynasty, Confucius' idea of filial piety and character education theory inheriting the filial piety thought of Dangun, the ancestor of Korean people had occupied the view of filial piety and family spirits of Korean people. Due to the introduction of Western ideas without criticism, however, our filial piety thought and character education has been lost, so that such character education is rising as a huge national issue in Korea. Today, the government and educational world are grappling with this issue. When there was not much reaction to the enactment of the Act on Encouragement & Support of Filial Duty in 2007 and the Act on Character Education Promotion on July 21st 2015, the Special Act on Inheriting Confucian Culture was proposed in the National Assembly as national measures on December 7th 2015. The objective of this study is to correctly establish the character education by re-promoting the filial piety of Korea which can be the national study of Korea. Confucius said, “Parents are only worried about their children's illnesses"(The Analects). Parents' love for their children is utmost. Their biggest concern is their children's illnesses because children are other self of theirs. If children understand/accept such parents' love as their mindset, they would naturally remember their manners and eventually serve their parents with devotion.