What is the gene of humanistic spirit of ancient thinkers in China?

If we grasp the traditional culture of China as a whole, then the humanistic spirit can be said to be its most important and distinctive feature. What about the so-called humanistic spirit? I think its core is people-oriented. Of course, we also need to explain that the humanistic spirit in China's traditional culture mentioned here is not exactly the same as the concept of humanism or humanism that is often mentioned in modern society, especially in western society. But there are also similarities. In a sense, it can also be said that western humanism or humanism is also related to the traditional humanistic spirit of China. From a certain point of view, it can also be said that it has absorbed and developed the traditional humanistic spirit of China.

Because in the west, its humanism or humanism was put forward in modern times, so when the theory was put forward in modern times in the west, it was aimed at the situation that the theocracy in the middle ages surpassed the secular kingship and everything was subject to the will of God. Such a culture or, in a sense, Western Medievalism is called theocracy or deism, and any culture that does not conform to the idea of God will be tried and even executed by the Inquisition.

Therefore, when the west moved from modern times to modern society, it also carried out an ideological and cultural revolution. First, the revolution within its religion, and then the enlightenment of the whole society. In the middle of this enlightenment, the west is moving towards modernization. It mainly draws nutrition from the following aspects: First, it draws nutrition from western traditional culture and ancient Greek and Roman culture. On the other hand, it absorbed its nutrition from the Eastern civilization, because after the Reformation in the West, a group of Catholic missionaries came to the East, and some of them came to China, so among these missionaries, they also brought these classics back to Europe, such as the neo-Confucianism popular in China and the traditional Confucianism in China, so these enlightenment thinkers in Europe saw this culture in China, and they felt that it was a culture based on morality and centered on human self-improvement.