Zhu Zi's Family Instructions was written by Zhu Yongchun (1627 ~ 1698), whose real name was Zhiyi and Bailu. He was a famous philosopher and educator in Kunshan County, Jiangsu Province in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, but some people think that Zhu wrote Zhu Zi's Family Instructions in the Southern Song Dynasty. Family Instructions of Zhuzi, also known as Family Instructions of Zhuzi and Family Instructions of Zhu Bailu, is a classic reading pocket book and an enlightening teaching material focusing on family morality.
Among them, many contents have inherited the excellent characteristics of China traditional culture, such as respecting teachers and valuing morality, being diligent in housekeeping and being kind to neighbors. It still has practical significance. Of course, feudal dross, such as some prejudice against women, superstitious retribution, complacency and so on, are historical limitations of that era, and we can't criticize our predecessors severely. "Family Instructions of Zhu Zi" is only 522 words, which brilliantly expounds the ways of self-cultivation and family management, and is a masterpiece of family education.
Zhu Bailu (1627- 1698) was originally named Zhu Yongchun, whose real name was Bailu. He was born in Kunshan, Jiangsu (now Kunshan City) in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. A famous philosopher and educator. His father Zhu was a scholar in the late Ming Dynasty. In the second year of Qing Shunzhi (1645), he defended Kuncheng against the Qing army, and when the city was broken, he threw himself into the river. Zhu Bailu devoted himself to study since he was a child. He is a scholar and devoted himself to his career. After the Qing dynasty entered the customs and died in the Ming dynasty, he no longer sought fame. He lived in the countryside to teach students, and devoted himself to Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism, advocating the unity of knowledge and practice, and was quite famous for a period of time.