中国民众有着悠久的奉行孝道的历史,孝敬老人是中华民族的优良传统。在继承和弘扬传统孝道之前,既要认清其产生和发展的历史背景及其历史意义,更要注意根据当今时代的特点,开掘传统孝道的现代价值,以期在此基础上促进现代家庭伦理建设,弘扬符合时代要求的新型的敬老社会风尚。本文即按照这样的思路研究了现代社会对传统孝道的选择与发展的问题。 The Chinese people have a long history of filial piety and honor the elderly are the fine traditions of the Chinese nation. Before we inherit and carry forward the traditional filial piety, we must not only recognize its historical background and its historical significance but also pay attention to digging the modern value of traditional filial piety in light of the characteristics of today’s time so as to promote the construction of modern family ethics , Carry forward the new style of respect for the elderly in line with the requirements of the times. This article is based on the idea of ​​studying the choice and development of the traditional filial piety in modern society.