Author(s)

Yu Chen ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Marine Law and Humanities, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, China

Corresponding Author

Yu Chen

ABSTRACT

As the basic unit of ancient Chinese society, clans played a foundational role in the inheritance of civilization and social integration. The management wisdom embedded in clans also provides profound enlightenment for the construction of contemporary communities. However, there remains a lack of sufficient research on how to systematically extract and transform clan values to serve modern community governance. Based on the course A History of Chinese Society, this study analyzes the core values of traditional clans from four dimensions, namely "survival, emotion, institution and belief". By investigating typical cases, it elaborates on the creative transformation and practical paths of these values in such aspects as elderly care, mutual assistance, residents' participation in political affairs and cultural identity within contemporary communities. The research indicates that the value system of traditional clans is not a static relic, but a dynamic resource that can be activated and reconstructed in the context of modern communities. It provides valuable localized insights for advancing the modernization of grassroots social governance.

KEYWORDS

Clan; Value; Community Governance; Traditional-Modern Translation; Qualitative Research

CITE THIS PAPER

Yu Chen, The Contemporary Community Practice of Clan Values from the Perspective of the Course——A History of Chinese Society. Curriculum and Teaching Methodology (2025) Vol. 8: 37-41. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/curtm.2025.080906.

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