先秦孝道内涵经历了三个阶段的变化:西周宗法政治下的追孝、享孝;春秋裂变中的惠宗族、尊君宗与养父母、爱父母;战国新型国家机器中的奉养、善事父母。不同历史时期孝道的产生、变化与发展均与相应的家庭形态、国家建构相联系,并呈现出自身演变的特征和规律。
The Chinese filial piety experienced about three stages during the Pre-Qin period.The first stage,under the influence of patriarchal politics,the filial piety has aimed at ancestors and Zhou Emperor in Western Zhou Dynasty.The second stage,the filial piety caused a split during the Spring and Autumn period,and represented as profiting for the clan,defending the monarch and respecting parents.The last stage,Supporting parents was the responsibility of the family in the Warring State Period,and the basic meaning of filial piety was to treat parents well.The evolution of filial piety related closely to family form and state construction,and displayed its own characteristics during the Pre-Qin period.