When we forget our ancestors, the standards for living also blur

1. This column reflects on the meaning of honoring one's ancestors and asks whether abandoning traditions such as family genealogies and ancestral rites is truly progress.
2. The writer points to the attitudes of educated elites, citing how a former senior public official in his 70s and a former school principal found ancestral rites burdensome.
3. Citing Dr. Borno, who in 1981 told visitors to Korea that the tradition of family genealogies should be preserved, he emphasizes the value of living with memory of one's roots.

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