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Cultural Summary: Traditional Chinese Cultural Review-Draft

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Traditional Chinese Cultural Review - Draft
Traditional Chinese culture must be viewed through the lens of cultural relativism to avoid misunderstandings which would ultimately transpire into ethnographic separatist’s ideals. Marriage, kinship, and family, encased by Confucius ideology, trademarks traditional Chinese culture and its patriarchal society as both intriguing and fascinating. The complexity to understanding marriage in the agrarian-state society of traditional Chinese culture is interpreting the cultural context as it relates to Confucianism, social hierarchy, family lineage, economic status, a division of labor and gender stratification.
Agrarian-State Society
An agrarian society is one whose socio-economics is based on the cultivation …show more content…

Regardless of personal or professional evidence-based theories, Confucianism is the trademark cornerstone of traditional Chinese culture (Na, 2016). Confucianism is vitally important to the political and social order of traditional Chinese culture. The tenets of Confucian philosophy’s hierarchy revolve around five relationships: 1) Those who are ruled must obey their ruler, 2) Sons must obey their fathers, 3) Wives must obey their husbands, 4) Younger brothers must obey their older brothers, and 5) Friends must respect friends. Additionally, women were taught to obey man and children were taught to obey their parents and respect their elders (Video Education America, 2013). The forefront of Confucianism is founded upon respect and obedience which does not endorse or promote …show more content…

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