Confucius is a cultural giant in China. What is Confucius' greatest contribution?

Confucius is a cultural giant in China. What is Confucius' greatest contribution?

First, dedication to culture and art.

Before China 84 1, there were no historical documents. Confucius compiled poems, books, rites, music, the Book of Changes, the Spring and Autumn Period-Six Classics, which inherited the classical culture and civilization. In the cultural tradition of "Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism" in China since the period of Confucius, Confucianism has always been the main task of China culture. Confucius is the inheritor of China's ancient culture and the founder of China's 5000-year-old culture.

Second, the sense of dedication

In ancient history, Xia Dynasty respected "fate" and Shang Dynasty believed in "ghosts and gods", but in the Western Han Dynasty, Zhou Gongdan gradually changed from "ritual and music system" to "moral caution and punishment" and turned to "civilized behavior of ancestral temples". This is also the rapid development of China's traditional culture and spiritual civilization. Confucius did not say that he had faith, "destiny" and "ghost", but he was deeply interested in the civilized behavior of the ancestral temples in the Western Han Dynasty. Confucius was the first person who correctly guided China from "theism" to "atheism".

Third, literary dedication.

The Book of Songs is the first collection of poems in China. From the early Western Han Dynasty to the mid-Spring and Autumn Period, 305 poems benefited. According to Records of the Historian, "there were more than 3,000 poems in ancient times", which was edited and revised by Confucius, and formed the version number of The Book of Songs, also known as "Poems 300", which opened a new chapter in China's ancient literature and caused extremely extensive and long-term harm to later literary creation. Confucius was the first person to open a new chapter in the history of ancient literature.

Fourth, philosophical dedication.

Yi was originally a book owned by Shi. Confucius turned Yi, a neglected work, into the source of China's road and ideological history. The Book of Changes written by Confucius has changed from a professional role to a moral aspect in the Book of Changes, in which "poverty changes, poverty changes, detail changes" and "system makes a gentleman constantly strive for self-improvement; The idea of "accommodating the four seas, and a gentleman rewards his diligence with heaven" has become the ideological basis of "self-improvement" and the spiritual wealth of China's ideological history. Confucius was the first person to update and transform the Book of Changes, which turned it into a philosophical thought and caused an understandable reform.

Fifth, dedication in social history.

The Spring and Autumn Annals compiled by Confucius is the first historical book to record the 242-year history of Lu from (722 BC) to (48 BC1year). This Spring and Autumn Annals is only over 10,000 words, but it records 242 years of historical time, which can be said to be concise and meaningful. Chunqiu initiated and laid the development trend of China's social history for more than two thousand years. It should be said that the originator of China's social history is not Sima Qian, but Confucius. Confucius' precedent of compiling history is the first person who is the cornerstone of China's social history.

Sixth, devote oneself to cultural education.

In ancient history, Confucius founded the first private school in China, which was famous for setting up an altar to run schools and educate people. Confucius started a school for thinkers. He compiled and set up six kinds of teaching materials, namely, poetry, calligraphy, ceremony, music, Yi, Spring and Autumn, to shape human resources in all aspects. Confucius attached importance to the cultural education of "writing, conduct, loyalty and faithfulness", and divided his disciples into four subjects: conduct, language, politics and literature, and made new achievements. What is even more commendable is that Confucius believed that "teaching and learning learn from each other" and advocated universal education. After years of teaching practice, Confucius has accumulated rich and colorful teaching experience and summed up a set of detailed teaching methods and educational teaching theories.