Assignment:
Global History Since 1500
Primary Document Analysis Homework Assignment
Please read the primary document titled "Family Instructions" from your course pack, and use it to answer the following questions. You may use a reputable online source to respond to the first question if you do not know the answer. Please answer in complete sentences - all of the questions can be answered in 1-3 sentences. If more room is needed, you may use the back of the sheet.
This reading is from a late-Ming dynasty (early 1600s) genealogy (an account of the ancestry of a family or group). It discusses Confucian-inspired rules for family behavior, and gives advice on achieving family harmony.
•What is filial piety? What does this genealogy say about the role of parents in a family?
•What does this work say about the role of women in the family? Do you think it shows a positive or negative impression of the role of women?
•What is the Confucian attitude towards extravagance?
•What are some suggestions that this document gives towards the raising of good children?