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Husband-and-Wife Relationship in Confucianism. In a marriage, husbands and wives shoulder different responsibilities and complementary roles in the family. On the one hand, a husband needs to care for his wife, educate his children, respect his parents, and be responsible for society.
Husband and Wife (夫婦, fū fù) The husband-wife relationship in Confucianism emphasizes complementary roles and mutual support. Husbands are expected to provide for the family and make important decisions, while wives should manage the household and nurture the children.
Confucian view of marriage. To the Confucians, marriage is of important significance both in the family and in society. [1] The Confucian classic Book of Rites described marriage as "the union of two surnames, in friendship and in love". [2]
Filial piety, together with fraternal love, underlies this system. [21] It is the fundamental principle of Confucian morality: [22] filial piety was seen as the basis for an orderly society, together with loyalty of the ministers toward the ruler, and servitude of the wife toward the husband. [23]
4 sie 2015 · The five relationships of Confucianism are ruler and subject, father and son, husband and wife, older sibling and younger sibling, and elder friends and junior friends. The relationships are based on an element of Confucianism that emphasizes that a healthy spiritual existence begins at home.
Three Bonds. The three bonds are between father and son, lord and retainer, and husband and wife and they constitute three of the five relationships (五倫; wǔlún) described in the Mencius. [3] According to Hsu Dau-lin, the concept of the Three Bonds was originally a Legalist idea. [4]
The dignity of marriage and of procreation is thought by Confucius and his followers to be such that the husband and wife, together with Heaven, form a "ternion," co-operating to people the earth, in that wherever there is true marriage, there also God is to give the increase.
