ABSTRACT
The study of fatherhood in Chinese culture is significant for a number of reasons. First, the simple fact of numerical superiority: Chinese fathers outnumber those of any other ethnic or national group. Second, it is a study of fatherhood in the culture with the longest unbroken history—one governed by the stringent ethic of Confucian filial piety. Third, the Chinese family has been undergoing transformation since the turn of the present century. One would ask: What concomitant changes in fatherhood have occurred?
