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How to carry forward the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation

(I) Set up a great ideal and strive to realize this ideal Chinese culture is particularly emphasized ideals and realm, realm is the ideal, Confucianism for the Chinese people designed the "unity of heaven and man", "inner saint and outer king" and "the world for the public" ideal, Taoism designed the "Tao law of nature" ", small country and few people" and "the world for the public" ideal, Taoism designed the "Tao law of nature" ", small country and few people" and "the world for the public" ideal. Confucianism designed for the Chinese nation the ideals of "the unity of heaven and man", "the inner sage and the outer king" and "the world for the common good", Taoism designed the ideals of "the law of nature", "a small country with a small people" and "no monarchy", and Mohism put forward the ideals of "the world for the common good". Taoism devised the ideals of "the law of nature", "the small state and the few people" and "the theory of no ruler", while Mohism put forward the ideals of "love and love, not attack" and "promoting the benefits of the world and eliminating the harms of the world". After the Qin and Han Dynasties, Chinese people of high aspirations have either interpreted these ideals in the spirit of the times or put forward new ideals in the course of their struggle for the independence, prosperity and strength of the Chinese nation. (ii) Strengthening cultivation, and carrying forward the virtues of being strict with oneself and lenient with others. Attention to personal cultivation is a prominent feature of Chinese culture, the important difference between Chinese culture and Western culture lies in its self-discipline, the nature of self-cultivation. Confucius advocated: "A gentleman seeks for himself, a small seeks for others." The meaning is that people with cultivation often demand strict requirements from themselves, while people without cultivation demand harshly from others. So he also warned people: "bow from thick, and thin blame twenty people, then far from grudges! "" bow from thick ", is to do more self-criticism," thin blame on people ", is less criticism of others to do more self-criticism, less blame others, you can reduce the antagonism, reduce complaints. (C) emphasize concern for the interests of the country, the interests of others, the interests of the people first Confucius's benevolence, benevolence and love, the way of loyalty and forgiveness, Mozi's love and non-aggression, are to love others, care for the interests of others as a priority. According to the "Way of Forgiveness and Loyalty", we advocate that "if you want to establish yourself, establish others; if you want to reach out, reach out to others", and "if you don't want others to do to you what you don't want them to do, don't do it to them". This is the way of treating other people with love and compassion. This is to treat others with compassion and love, that is to say, to "do unto others as you would have them do unto you", or what is commonly known as the spirit of "group harmony". Fan Zhongyan, an enlightened statesman of the Northern Song Dynasty, summarized Mencius's idea of people-centeredness into a popular saying: "Worry about the world before the world worries, and be happy after the world is happy". This has inspired enlightened politicians to care for the interests of the people for hundreds of years. (D) adhere to the enterprising spirit of indignation, self-improvement Chinese culture has always been human-centered, emphasizing the positive and proactive spirit of man to nature, emphasizing the subjectivity of man. Zhouyi Qian Gua biography? Elephant" said: "the sky is healthy, the gentleman to self-improvement," which is to say that the sky is running strong and powerful, the gentleman law days, self-improvement. (E) carry forward the virtues of not being obscene to the rich, not being immovable to the poor and not being submissive to the mighty and the powerful "not being obscene to the rich, not being immovable to the poor and not being submissive to the mighty and the powerful," have always been recognized as the noble qualities and traditional virtues of the aspiring and benevolent people who adhere to the justice, the truth, and the ideals and beliefs. This virtue has inspired the Chinese children of China to create a great cause, but also in the annals of Chinese culture has written a new and moving music. (F) carry forward the virtue of filial piety and respect for parents and teachers filial piety and respect for parents and teachers is the fundamental spirit of Chinese culture, the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation. Some people call Chinese culture "filial piety culture", which is reasonable. Of course, we should analyze and identify the "filial piety" advocated by the feudal ruling class. However, the basic idea of filial piety and respect for parents is an ethical norm accumulated over thousands of years of adjusting and harmonizing family relations, and has become a traditional virtue recognized by the Chinese nation throughout the ages, which should still be inherited and carried forward today. Respect for teachers is another important traditional virtue of the Chinese nation. In ancient China, there has always been the juxtaposition of "heaven, earth, ruler, relatives and teachers", which not only reflects the characteristics of Chinese culture, but also illustrates the tradition of "respecting teachers and emphasizing the way."