What are traditional Chinese values?

Traditional values refer to the inertia of a nation's evaluation standards and views on the significance and importance of objective things (including people, events, and objects) formed in the course of a long history.

China's traditional values, mainly include:

One, the spirit of striving for self-improvement;

Two, the concept of unity of knowledge and action;

Three, attaching importance to the spiritual life of people;

Four, the spirit of patriotism;

Five, the pursuit of truth and the spirit of dedication;

Four, the spirit of unity and mutual assistance, respect for the elderly and love for the young. ethical norms, etc.

In the Four Books and Five Classics, which are revered by Confucianism, there are also some moral virtues, which together with the Four Virtues and Five Constants form a complete moral system of Confucianism, such as filial piety and fraternal duty, neutrality and harmony, and sincerity and respect. In ancient China, in the actual social life, the filial piety and fraternal duty, neutrality, sincerity and respect that we have just talked about worked together with the Five Constants, and they ****together governed the moral thinking and moral life of the Chinese people.

Expanded Information:

Modernization of Traditional Values and Their Transmission to the Modern World p>The modern inheritance and transformation of traditional values:

China's traditional values were formed in the Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn Period, stereotyped in Confucius, Mencius and Xun early Confucianism. In the Spring and Autumn Period, there were already many ideas about values produced. During this period, there was no one dominant idea that could lead the various values. However, in the late Spring and Autumn period, the more popular morals were "loyalty and trust" and "wisdom, benevolence and courage".

At that time, loyalty and trust, and wisdom, benevolence and courage were more popular in the entire Central Plains culture. By the end of the Spring and Autumn period, in Confucius' thought, "benevolence" was the most important virtue, the most important morality. It should be said that "righteousness" was also emphasized in the Spring and Autumn period, but it was less prominent. In Confucius's thought, benevolence and righteousness are also very different.

By the time of Mozi, "righteousness" was emphasized, which influenced Mencius, who developed "righteousness" and juxtaposed it with "benevolence" to form benevolence and righteousness. Therefore, from Mencius onwards, benevolence and righteousness became the most important morality in Confucianism. Mencius also juxtaposed the four virtues of benevolence, righteousness, courtesy and wisdom into four virtues, which are familiar to everyone, and after the Han Dynasty, added "faith", which became the most influential in the moral life of the Chinese people in our history, benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith.

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