Zhengshi guifan 鄭氏規範

Zhengshi guifan 鄭氏規範 "Master Zheng's rules and guidelines" is a book on Confucian family management written during the early Ming period 明 (1368-1644) by Zheng Taihe 鄭太和 (fl. 1382).

The book includes 168 paragraphs describing the duty to present offerings at the ancestral altar and the tasks that all family members have to take over, beginning with the family head to his sons and the female members of the household. The author says that sons had to express filial piety towards their parents and fulfil their duties sincerely and straightforwardly. The family head must neither be too rigid nor lenient in his treatment of the various family members. At the age of twenty sui, a son has to learn how to manage the financial matters of a household before he can take over this duty for himself. Women had to serve their parents-in-law with the spirit of filial piety, their husbands with that kind of etiquette that separates men and women, and their sisters-in-law with harmony.

The book is included in the series Xuehai leibian 學海類編 and Congshu jicheng chubian 叢書集成初編.