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Running head: THE FIVE CONSTANT RELATIONSHIPS
The Five Constant Relationships
Laurie Haynes
Regis University
February 3, 2004
The Five Constant Relationships
There are Five Aspects of Deliberate Tradition. ... Human relationship is like a sacred dance” (Roberta Finkelstein, 1999, p. ...
“Li” also requires every person to understand the Five Constant Relationships. ... The Five Constants are between parent and child, husband and wife, elder and junior sibling, elder and junior friend, and ruler and subject. Three of the five are family relationships. ...
In examining the Five Constant Relationships each one has a special meaning and structure in the Chinese society. Confucian thought defines five core human relationships referred to in Chinese as the Five Constant Relationships. ... They are five models illustrating the way in which human relationship ideally work. ...
The first relationship is the parent and child. ... Between a child and parent the relationship should be compassionate.
The second relationship is husband and wife. ...
The third relationship is elder and junior sibling. ... This suggests that the parent-child relationship should be understood as a model for the elder and junior sibling relationship. ... If this relationship is modeled, the relationship is a kindly authority and verges on equality.
Approximate Word count = 920
Approximate Pages = 3.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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