Traditional view of virtue

The basic spirit of China's traditional culture is essentially the national spirit of the Chinese nation. There are many opinions about the basic spirit of China traditional culture. Some scholars believe that the fundamental spirit of China traditional culture is harmony and freedom. (Xu Siyuan: On China Culture, two issues, China Cultural Studies Series 1, published by Fudan University Press. )

Some scholars believe that the patriarchal hierarchy ethics, which is based on self-sufficient natural economy, family-oriented, and blood relationship as the link, is the main clue, essence and core that runs through the five levels of China's ancient social production activities and productivity, social production relations, social system, social psychology and social consciousness, and is the basic spirit of China's ancient traditional culture. (Yang Xianbang: Re-evaluation of China's Traditional Culture, edited by Zhang Liwen et al.: Traditional Culture and Modernization, published by Renmin University of China Press. Some scholars believe that the spirit of China traditional culture is humanism. This humanism is manifested as follows: people are not isolated from interpersonal relationships, nor are they opposed to nature; Do not pursue a purely natural knowledge system; It is anti-utilitarian in axiology; Pay tribute to being a man. The humanistic spirit of China's traditional culture has added luster to our nation and country, but it has also set obstacles; It spread the light of wisdom to the world, but also caused various obstacles to Chinese and foreign exchanges; This is a huge spiritual wealth and a huge cultural burden. (See Pang Pu: Humanistic Spirit of China Culture, Guangming Daily 1986 1.6. )

(Li Zonggui: An Introduction to China Culture) There is an old saying in China: "Filial piety is the first virtue". Filial piety is the first of all virtues. If a person does not know how to honor his parents, it is hard to imagine that he will love his motherland and people.

The ancients said: "I am old, and people are old; Young and frivolous, and young people. " We should not only honor our parents, but also respect other old people, care for young children, and create an honest folk custom of respecting the old and loving the young in the whole society. This is the responsibility of our students in the new era. Luz was a native of Lu at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period. He is famous for his political affairs among Confucius disciples. Especially famous for being brave. However, when Luz was young, his family was very poor, and he lived by eating coarse grains and wild vegetables for many years.

Once, my elderly parents wanted to eat rice, but there was no rice at home. What should I do? Lutz thought, if he climbed several mountains and borrowed some rice from relatives, wouldn't he be able to meet his parents' requirements?

As a result, Xiaozi walked more than ten miles across the mountains and returned a small bag of rice from his relatives' home. Seeing that his parents ate delicious rice, Luz forgot his fatigue. The neighbors all praised Luz as a brave and filial child. Moral sense is an integral part of people's unique qualities.

The root of morality is self-control and self-denial, which makes one's instinct obey everything.

The biggest secret of morality is love, or rather, it is to transcend our own nature and dissolve beauty in other people's thoughts, behaviors or personalities.

When conscience, shame, responsibility and enterprising spirit take root in your mind forever, you will form a moral personality.

Virtue is mostly contained in good habits.