Why is China's traditional ethics one of the traditional cultures in China?

China's traditional ethical thoughts are rich in content and colorful, and good and evil coexist.

Among them, although there are some old moral knowledge limited by certain history, class and society; But there is also moral wisdom with long-term ideological value, which reflects the moral progress of the Chinese nation and embodies the moral civilization of all mankind.

1, China's long-standing ethical and moral thoughts always run through a moral spirit called "public loyalty". From "staying overnight in the public" proposed in the Book of Songs, to "eliminating private interests with public interests" proposed in the Book of Songs, to "leading by example" proposed by Wang Fuzhi, to "serving the public" and "serving the public" proposed by Sun Yat-sen, the spirit of "forgetting home for the country and private interests for the public" surged, making every effort for the country and the nation.

It is also under the influence of the spirit of attaching importance to the overall situation that the lofty patriotic spirit of "worrying about the world first, and enjoying the world later" and "everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world" has emerged. In its 5,000-year history of civilization, the Chinese nation has experienced hardships and prospered, with strong national cohesion and perseverance, precisely because our nation has such lofty moral spirit as "Dagong", patriotism and love for the people.

It is precisely because of this fundamental moral value orientation of attaching importance to the overall interests and putting the interests of the country and the nation first that China's traditional morality always emphasizes "self-sacrifice for others, society and the group", "putting others before oneself" and "self-sacrifice for the group". In the relationship between justice and benefit, we put the meaning representing the whole interest above that representing the individual interest, emphasizing "righteousness first", "righteousness first" and "righteousness later", advocating "forgetting justice when seeing benefit" and opposing "forgetting justice when seeing benefit".

Although Dong Zhongshu and Neo-Confucianism in Song and Ming Dynasties distorted the debate between righteousness and benefit of pre-Qin Confucianists, and advocated "emphasizing righteousness over benefit" and "emphasizing righteousness over benefit", the basic spirit of China's traditional morality is that when personal interests conflict with the overall interests, justice should be the most important, and the national and national interests should be the first, not at the expense of personal self-interest.