“孝”不仅是个人行为和治理家庭的准绳，也是治国平天下的基本纲领。作为十三经之一的《孝经》，是一部儒家孝伦理系统化著作，主要通过了“家”、“国”、“天下”三大关系论证，从而逐步奠定了中国古代传统社会的价值取向与伦理道德。《孝经》在中国被尊奉为扬名立身齐家治国的经典。《孝经》既是儒家经典文献，也是通俗读物；既为士人君子研读，又为平民百姓普及。《孝经》对于中国社会意识形态的形成、道德品质的培养、以德治国的政治补充都产生了巨大的影响。在新世纪新时代下，对《孝经》的深入研究，积极践行孝道孝行，弘扬《孝经》中所载的孝文化精髓，在加强精神文明建设方面具有十分显著的现实借鉴意义。
“Filial Piety” is not only the
criterion for personal behavior and family governance, but also the basic
program for governing the country and the world. The “Book of Filial Piety”,
one of the thirteen classics, is a Confucian ethical system of filial piety. It
has mainly passed the argumentation of the three relationships of “family”,
“nation” and “world”, thus gradually establishing the foundation of traditional
Chinese society: value orientation and ethics. “The Book of Filial Piety” is
revered in China as a famous classic of standing up and running the country. “The
Book of Filial Piety” is not only a Confucian classic document, but also a
popular reading; it is not only studied by scholars and gentlemen, but also
popularized by ordinary people. The “Book of Filial Piety” has had a huge
impact on the formation of Chinese social ideology, the cultivation of moral
character, and the political supplement of governing the country by virtue. In
the new century and new era, the in-depth study of the “Book of Filial Piety”,
the active practice of filial piety, and the promotion of the essence of the
filial piety culture contained in the “Book of Filial Piety” have significant
practical significance in strengthening the construction of spiritual civilization.
