『Myungshimbogam』 is a book with the meaning of a precious mirror that enlightens our mind, the text of which contains morality lesson and therefore the book has taken up very important position as a humanism education book for practising ethic and...
『Myungshimbogam』 is a book with the meaning of a precious mirror that enlightens our mind, the text of which contains morality lesson and therefore the book has taken up very important position as a humanism education book for practising ethic and morality serving a basic educational book for children to learn after familiarizing Chinese characters. 『Myungshimbogam』 naturally tells that patents`` love is as high as sky and thus it is children``s duty to be filial to such love of their patents. And the book also presents the concrete method of implementing filial piety to parents‘ love using the children``s duty, which is traditional filial piety thought, such as respecting parents, obeying parents, supporting parents, serving parents and revering funeral and memorial services in the way that children can easily understand. And at the 「Palbanga」, the book teaches that children should do their best to be filial to their parents as parents put their true affection and hearts to bring up their children. Nevertheless, using the result of retributive justice that filial piety is natural but my children will not be filial to me in the future unless I was not filial to my parents, the book makes the youth easily understand about the fundamental spirit of filial piety and its concrete implementation. Ethic of filial piety appeared in 『Myungshimbogam』 is the basis of humanism education. Education through the book 『Myungshimbogam』 will be the source of power that can lead sound society and nation by cultivating right value and upright character to youth.