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How to correctly understand Confucius' idea of "benevolence and love".

Don't do evil, don't do good, have a mindset of open-mindedness, see people who do good things to learn and emulate, see what is done to make everyone feel bad or even feel disgusted, self-reflection, and caution themselves not to do that.

To be able to love your relatives, you need to be filial and fraternal, that is, filial piety and honor your parents, respect and love your siblings, which is human nature, and to love the people, you need to be loyal and forgiving, that is, "I want to stand up and stand out, I want to reach and reach out to the people", "What I don't want, don't do to others".

Expanded:

We must be respectful, generous, trustworthy, generous, and loving to all creatures, and we must be kind and generous to birds, animals, and insects, and we must cherish ourselves and care for all things in the world. The idea of Confucius' benevolence has three main contents: love of relatives, love of people, and love of all things.

The moral emotions of college students are nurtured to provide a source of thought, the coordination mechanism of moral behavior of college students.