FAMILY INSTRUCTIONS 家训 DURING THE SONG DYNASTY (PART TWO)

The present paper is part of a series of publications focused on the study and systematization of key prerequisites for the formation and sustainable preservation of moral values in Chinese society. The author aims to reveal the development of the genre jiaxun 家训 during the Song dynasty. This is a period of great achievements in the field of technology, material production, political philosophy, state governance and elite culture which propelled Chinese civilization to the position of leading world power. In this second part of the paper the researcher focuses on the instructions of scholars like Cai Xiang, Ye Mengde, Yuan Cai, Lu You, and Zhu Xi.