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What does China's traditional humanistic spirit include?

China's traditional humanistic thought includes natural view and people-oriented thought. ?

1, people-oriented thought, relative to monarch-oriented (national-oriented) and official-oriented, refers to a ruling viewpoint put forward by wise monarchs and sages in ancient China in order to maintain and consolidate their rule, which is mainly manifested in attaching importance to the people, attaching importance to the people, comforting them, caring for them and caring for them.

2. The view of nature refers to the general view of nature. Is an inseparable part of the world outlook. Materialism holds that nature is an objective material world that exists independently of human consciousness. Idealism holds that nature is the product of spirit or God.

The development of people-oriented thought

At the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty, with the fierce class struggle and the emergence of new factors of production relations, the ancient people-oriented thought was greatly exerted, and progressive thinkers represented by Huang Zongxi, Gu and Wang Fuzhi profoundly exposed and criticized the autocratic monarchy.

He accused the monarchy of being "a great harm to the world", opposed the monarch to regard the world as private property, and put forward that "the world is the mainstay and the monarch is the guest", and the monarch's responsibility lies in "doing things for all people in the world". This kind of social and political thought is progressive and can be regarded as the enlightenment of early democratic thought.