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Title:: The Influence of Confucian Culture on the Parenting Viewof Middle Class Mothers

Abstract:: ：Historically，mothers make an important group enabling Confucian culture to be passed downfrom generation to generation. An objective description of the real influence the Confucian culture have onthe parenting outlook of the middle class mothers is of great significance to the inheritance and developmentof Confucian culture in the contemporary families in China. This study came to the conclusion that Confucianculture，as China’s values and methodology over the past 2，000 years in terms of educating people andtransmitting culture，still has an important positive impact on the current middle class mothers. To bespecific，the middle class mothers take the development of a strong and healthy personality as the goal ofparenting and this embodies the Confucian education idea of“ all-around development” . Secondly，they helpchildren improve their moral self in a disciplined way and this is in line with the Confucian“ moral-oriented”path. Thirdly，they ask their children to make outstanding academic achievements and this reflects theConfucian education practice of“ attaching importance to learning”