What is charity?

The Chinese nation is a warm, caring and charitable nation, and the concept of charity has existed since ancient times. In China's traditional cultural classics, kindness means love. There is a cloud in Confucius' Zuo Zhuan: Kindness comes from the heart, kindness is attached to things, and kindness is also the depth of love. Xu Shen's Shuo Wen Jie Zi also explains: Well, love also. Especially the caress of the elders to the younger generation, that is, the so-called love above, the grace below. In Wu Guoyu, a sense of security, security and love for the elderly means this. The original meaning of goodness is auspiciousness and beauty, that is, kindness and auspiciousness explained in Shuo Wen Jie Zi, and later extended to kindness, kindness and friendliness. For example, in the customs, the word "kindness" means kindness, kindness and sympathy. For example, in the Biography of Northern History Cui Guang, it means "generosity and charity".

China's charity thought has a long history, and hundred schools of thought in pre-Qin period had incisive exposition on it. For example, in the Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu said: goodness is like water, and water conservancy is used by all things without dispute. Confucius and Mencius once said: old people are safe, friends believe, and those who are young are pregnant; Old me and old people, young me and young people; Be friends inside and outside, help each other, help each other in sickness and health.

The word charity is translated into FHILANTHROPY in English, which comes from ancient Greek and means love for people. It has been used since about18th century. There is also a word charity, which also means kindness. This word has a long history, dating back to BC. Its original meaning is love.

Modern people define charity as: kindness is a kind heart; Charity is the unity of kindness and good deeds.