Introduction to Chinese Culture Short Answer: 19. Describe the manifestations of the developed civic culture of the Ming Dynasty and its significance.

Performance and Significance of Developed Civic Culture in the Ming Dynasty

The development of the commodity economy in the Ming Dynasty led to the full maturity of the civic consciousness and the increasing rise of civic culture. There are three main aspects of the performance:

First, social customs. The late Ming Dynasty, the social trend of a change in the early "simple quality", replaced by "guide luxury guide prostitution" wind. Feudal hierarchy, in the tide of the commodity economy, by a strong impact, the rapid collapse.

Second, values. China's traditional "noble righteousness and light profit" concept, in the Ming Dynasty after the birth of a substantial change in the worship of money is very strong, and the social status of businessmen also increased accordingly. "Good sex", "good goods" became a social trend, can be said to be the public culture of the feudal ethics of the overall threat.

Third, civic literature. After the Ming Dynasty, the literature of the public replaced the literature of the scholars and masters and dominated the scene. Outstanding works such as Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Water Margin, Journey to the West, Plum in the Golden Vase, Three Words, and Two Beats have obvious traces of civic culture.

The significance of the developed civic culture in the Ming Dynasty is quite enormous. It not only prepared the ground for the popularization of democratic consciousness in China, but also laid the groundwork for the convergence of eastern and western cultural spirits. Gu Yanwu, a thinker in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, put forward the famous proposition that "the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of every man", which was premised on the full maturity of civic consciousness. The opening of the people's wisdom movement in the Qing Dynasty, and even today's democratic consciousness, can be found in the roots.