There is no specific proposer for the idea of ??"first a country, then a family". It is a value concept in traditional Chinese culture and is rooted in the Confucian ideological system. Confucianism emphasizes the relationship between individuals and society, family and country, and believes that personal cultivation and responsibility should be combined with the stability and development of family, society and country.

A famous saying in the Confucian classic "The Great Learning": "Cultivate oneself, harmonize one's family, govern the country and bring peace to the world" has a similar meaning. This sentence emphasizes the inner connection between personal cultivation, family harmony, national governance and world peace. According to this view, individuals need to first cultivate themselves and maintain moral and moral integrity, then perform their roles in the family, maintain harmonious family relationships, and finally contribute to the governance of the country and the tranquility of society.

The concept of "first the country, then the family" reflects Confucian thinking on the relationship between the individual and society, family and country.

However, it does not have a clear proposer, but is a widely circulated concept that is widely accepted and inherited in traditional Chinese culture