Mencius: What is the meaning of human relations in the Ming Dynasty (teaching human relations, father and son being close, military attache being righteous, husband and wife being different, young and old being orderly, and friends being trustworthy)?
"Ren Ming Theory" is the purpose of school education put forward by Mencius. The so-called "Ren Minglun" means "father and son are close, the monarch and the minister are righteous, the couple are different, the young and the old are orderly, and friends are trustworthy". Later generations are also called "five virtues". Mencius focused on five basic interpersonal relationships, with the aim of maintaining social order and moral concepts of inferiority.
"Father and son are relatives, military attache is righteous, husband and wife are different, young and old are orderly, and friends are trustworthy", that is, there is blood relationship between father and son, courtesy and righteousness between monarch and minister, affection between husband and wife is different from inside and outside, pecking order between old and young, and honesty between friends. This is the truth and code of conduct in dealing with interpersonal relationships.