Confucianism and Raise the red Lanturn

What has happened to Confucianism. For a long time, Confucian was accepted as the idea that a healthy society depended on a solid traditional family. Confucius himself, for example, called for people to put principle above selfish desires. People supported hierarchy. The rulers moral example would inspire the people to live good lives. But one begins to detect a new theme emerging in society especially amongst the Chinese reformers: the theme of individualism oppose to …

…traditional family. There were major different rules and priorities within the family. The male was in control and had power over the family. While we see the Confucian rituals had an abusive effect on women. Sons were raised differently than daughters. As it turns out though, some positive effect could be seen as the family thought as a group rather than on personal terms. Some of these Chinese family traditions definitely led to family instability.