An Analysis of Romance of The Three Kingdoms—A Perspective of the Essence of Morality

• Main Authors: Gi-Gin Lo, 羅治鈞
• Other Authors: Chung-Ming Liang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/ks4gy2

碩士 === 國立臺東大學 === 教育研究所 === 95 === An Analysis of Romance of The Three Kingdoms— A Perspective of the Essence of Morality Abstract This research aims to explore the essence of morality entailed by Romance of Three Kingdom, by employing the Content Analysis Method, based on the core values of the Moral Education Promotion Act established by Ministry of Education, namely concern, respect, responsibility, trust, justice, and honesty. The purposes are (1) to analyze the implied essential elements of Romance of Three Kingdoms, on the basis of six core values of the Moral Education Promotion Act established by Ministry of Education and (2) to discuss some certain aspects needing considering in taking Romance of Three Kingdoms to be the material for moral education. The analysis can be concluded as follows: First, Romance of Three Kingdoms contains rich moral implications, in which 1917 occurrences of morality connotations are found regarding the moral essence of the six virtues, including concern, respect, responsibility, trust, justice, and honesty. Second, among the six major moral core values, the frequency of honesty ranks the highest, with 610 occurrences in total. Next to honesty are responsibility and respect. The least frequent is justice, with 29 presences only. Third, in terms of the content of morality, responsibility has the highest frequency, with 407 occurrences; the second most frequent is independent thinking, which occurs 375 times. Fourth, in Romance of Three Kingdoms, all the moral core values and connotations differ in varied scenarios, which can serve as the basis of the selection of material for moral education, which can lead to better teaching effects. Fifth, taking Romance of Three Kingdoms as the material for moral education, we should attend to the confusion with morality brought about by all the fights and battles and thus should clarify and analyze it as guidance, avoiding the twist of morality of students. Key Words: Romance of Three Kingdoms, moral education, moral connotation