Confucianism advocates the rule of virtue.

Confucius proposed the idea of "governance by virtue" is the result of a profound reflection on the realities of politics, and it is a governance program designed to adapt to the trend of social development. After the systematic play of Mencius and Xunzi, and the theoretical sublimation of "University" and "Meanwhile", a set of rigorous, complete and systematic strategies for governing the country was formed, which became an extremely important part of traditional Chinese political culture;

It has an important significance and immortal value in the history of the development of Chinese political thought and has been highly valued by successive generations of political thinkers, and played a very important role in the stabilization of the political order of the Chinese society in the ancient times. It played a very important role in stabilizing the political order of ancient Chinese society.

In today's society, although the ancient ideology of moralism cannot be used directly as a way to rule the country, its essence and reasonable kernel of thought still have significant value and significance, and provide the necessary ideological resources for today's implementation of the strategy of ruling the country by virtue. Today, we are talking about both moral governance and rule of law, the rule of law and moral governance are means, they complement each other, complement each other.

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Confucius's Political Ideology The core content of Confucius' political thought is "Rites" and "Benevolence", and in terms of the strategy for governing the country, he advocated "Governance by Virtue", which is the noblest way of governing the country by using morality and rites and teachings. This kind of governance strategy is also called "rule by virtue" or "rule by rites". This strategy applied morals and rites to the people and strictly followed the hierarchical system, dividing the nobles and the common people into the rulers and the ruled. It broke down an important boundary between the nobility and the common people.

Confucius lived in the Western Zhou Dynasty in the deeper tradition of patriarchal etiquette in the state of Lu, at this time, the Zhou dynasty's ruling power has existed in name only, the vassal wars with each other, the emergence of the "king's way of mourning, the abolition of the rites and righteousness of the regime is lost, the family is different from the custom of the social reality," "the king is not a king, the subject is not a subject, the father is not the father, The social reality of the era was characterized by "the ruler is not a ruler, the minister is not a minister, the father is not a father, and the son is not a son".

The intensification of social conflicts hindered the development of productive forces, and the spirit and beliefs of people were destroyed as never before. These ****similarities constitute the historical origin and social conditions for the emergence of Confucius' political thought, and "benevolence" and "propriety" are the basic spirit of his political thought.

Confucius's highest political ideal is to establish a commonwealth society in which "the world is common". The basic characteristics of a "commonwealth" society are: the Great Dao is unimpeded, "the world is common", so that "the selection of the virtuous and the capable, the preaching of faith and cultivation of harmony", "people are not the only The basic features of the society are: the Great Dao is unimpeded, "the world is a commonwealth", so that "we can choose the wise and the capable, talk about faith and cultivate harmony", and "people are not alone in kissing their relatives, and are not alone in having children, so that the old have an end, the strong have a use for it, the young have a growth, and the widowed, lonely, sick and invalid people have support.