In modern society, education is the responsibility of the government, and schools can afford not to teach the "family precepts." But in former days, when the family was responsible for education, these maxims were an important part of the development of all well-read people.
現代社會中，教育是政府的責任，以傳遞知識為主的學校或可不重視「家訓」；但在古代教育是家庭的責任時，家訓可是讀書人家的重要寶典呢！