On the Inheritance of Traditional Culture

One. How to inherit and carry forward the fine traditions of the Chinese nation

Take its essence and discard its dross ",criticize and inherit, make the past serve the present. We should continue to maintain and carry forward the positive contents of traditional culture that meet the requirements of social development; We should learn to transform or eliminate the backward, decadent and unsuitable things in traditional culture.

1. The Chinese nation has two traditions to inherit and carry forward.

2. Correctly treat the influence of foreign culture.

3. It must be combined with carrying forward the spirit of the times.

The most important thing is to play the role of backbone.

Second, it is of great significance to inherit and carry forward the excellent moral tradition of the Chinese nation. Inheriting and carrying forward the excellent moral tradition of the Chinese nation and developing it in the practice of socialist modernization can fully stimulate the potential of the whole nation and provide spiritual motivation for socialist modernization. 1. Inheriting and carrying forward the excellent moral tradition of the Chinese nation is the objective need of socialist modernization. There are various models of modernization, but none of them can be divorced from their own nationality. 2. Inheriting and carrying forward the excellent moral tradition of the Chinese nation is an inherent requirement for strengthening socialist moral construction. Inheriting and carrying forward the excellent moral tradition of the Chinese nation can improve national self-esteem and self-confidence, and enhance national pride and sense of national responsibility; It can enrich the content of the socialist moral system and have a national form that is more popular with the masses. It can make interpersonal relationships more harmonious and promote better economic and social development; Patriotism, collectivism and socialism can be more deeply rooted in people's hearts, and the values and ethical norms with China characteristics adapted to the development of the times can be formed. 3. Inheriting and carrying forward the excellent moral tradition of the Chinese nation is an important condition for personal personality improvement. The fine moral tradition of the Chinese nation is the root of the Chinese nation and everyone in China, and it is a "birthmark" that will never be worn away.

Iii. Main contents of the excellent moral tradition of the Chinese nation 1. Pay attention to the overall interests, national interests and national interests, and emphasize the sense of responsibility and dedication to society, nation and country. "Public-private dialectics" is a main thread in the development and evolution of China's traditional morality. "Justice is in people's hearts" is the fundamental requirement of morality, and "fairness" is the highest standard of morality. It is emphasized that when there is a contradiction between justice and benefit, we should put justice first, take justice first and see what benefits are, advocate justice before benefit, and oppose "valuing benefit over justice" and "forgetting benefit". 2. Advocate the principle of "benevolence" and pursue interpersonal harmony. Respect human dignity and value, advocate the principle of "benevolence" and advocate "benevolent people love others". Love should start with loving the people around you and the people you love, that is, filial piety is the foundation of people, and extend such love to others, that is, "don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you." "I want to stand up and stand up, I want to achieve" (loyalty), I can compare my heart (forgiveness). Based on oneself, we should recognize the differences between people, advocate "harmony is different", "harmony is precious", stress harmonious coexistence, and emphasize social harmony, "being kind to others is the treasure of the country". 3. Pay attention to courtesy and emphasize arrogance. Modesty is self-modesty, treating yourself empty; Respect is respect, treat people with courtesy. Modesty and comity are linked. "courtesy comes with respect", "mortals are like this, and courtesy comes with righteousness". At the same time, remind people to "respect things" and "take no credit". 4. Advocating consistency between words and deeds, emphasizing adherence to integrity. "Honesty" means truth and innocence, and its basic meaning is honesty to oneself and one's own nature, including "honesty" and "faith". In other words, being honest and trustworthy means being consistent in words and deeds, being faithful in appearance, seeking truth from facts, being serious, respecting science, upholding truth and keeping promises. 5. Pursuing spiritual realm and taking the realization of moral ideal as a high-level need. Xunzi's "Encouraging Learning" said that "the accumulation of soil makes mountains, and the wind and rain are prosperous; The water drops merged into the ocean and the dragon was born; Accumulate goodness into virtue, the gods are complacent, and the sacred heart is prepared. " The "God" mentioned here refers to people's mental outlook; "Sacred heart" refers to a moral realm. The so-called "moral perfection" refers to the process of individual moral quality from a lower realm to another higher realm, constantly advancing and gradually becoming "perfect". -"Being is being, but don't give up", gradually but endlessly moving towards "the best". 6. Pay attention to moral practice, emphasize the importance of self-cultivation, and advocate that moral subjects play an active role in self-improvement. Confucianism, Mohism, Taoism and Legalism in the history of China all believe that in the process of personality shaping, the most important thing is to strive for progress, learn from each other's strengths and cultivate one's morality. In addition, there are honesty and self-discipline, generosity, hard work and plain living, diligence and thrift, filial piety to parents, respect for the elderly and love for the young, respect for teachers and respect for their posts and dedication, as well as vigor, enthusiasm, self-improvement, sacrifice for righteousness and courage to struggle.

4. Correctly treat the moral tradition of the Chinese nation since the May 4th Movement 19 19 How to treat traditional culture, especially traditional ethical culture, and how to treat foreign culture, especially the ethical culture of western developed countries, has always been a major and unavoidable issue for us to make strategic choices in cultural and moral construction. Although we have made a correct analysis and answer, the so-called neo-liberalism, "total westernization", neo-revivalism and Confucian theory of saving the country are still emerging one after another, which has become an important aspect of today's ideological struggle. It is necessary to clearly show the basic stand and principled attitude of Marxism, clarify the theoretical right and wrong, and remove ideological obstacles. The traditional morality of the Chinese nation is a pair of contradictions with distinct duality. (1) We should adhere to the Marxist stand, viewpoint and method analysis; (2) according to the requirements of socialism and the needs of construction, do a good job in trade-off and creative transformation; (3) Through analysis, identification, selection and transformation, we will eliminate those components with obvious class nature and limitations of the times, and inherit those positive contents that reflect universality, homosexuality and general moral requirements and still have guiding significance for our moral practice today. To treat traditional morality, we should oppose two wrong ideas. First, the ideological trend of cultural revival; The other is the trend of total westernization. In dealing with moral problems, these two ideological trends have separated the relationship between individuals, abstract and concrete, general and individual, universal and special. Judging from the historical development of China, both the theory of restoring ancient ways and the theory of total westernization have had a very negative impact on social development, especially the progress of moral culture. The cultural development and moral progress of a country and a nation should not only pay attention to inheriting and carrying forward the fine traditions of its own culture and morality, but also actively absorb the outstanding achievements of other national civilizations. To treat the achievements of moral civilization of other nations or countries, we should adhere to the Marxist stand, viewpoint and method, adhere to taking ourselves as the main body and serve us.