Four Dimensions and Eight Virtues Where is it from?

The term "four dimensions" refers to propriety, justice, honesty and shame. According to Guanzi's "Pastoralists" article, "When the granary is solid, you will know the propriety. If you have enough food and clothing, you know honor and shame. ...When the four dimensions are open, the king's orders are carried out. ...The degree of guardianship of the country is to decorate the four dimensions. ...If the four dimensions are not open, the country will perish. ...The state has four dimensions, one dimension is absolute is tilted, two dimensions is absolute is dangerous, three dimensions is absolute is overthrown, four dimensions is absolute is destroyed. Pouring can be correct, danger can also be safe, overthrow can also rise, extinction can not be repeated wrong, what is the four dimensions? One is a gift, two is said to be righteous, three is said to be honest, four is said to be shame. Rites do not exceed the section, the righteousness of the self, clean and do not hide the evil, the shame is not from the wrong. Therefore, do not exceed the festival, then the upper position security. Not since the progress, then the people are not tricky. If you do not cover evil, your behavior will be complete. Not from the wrong, then the evil things do not happen." This shows the importance of the four dimensions. Jia Yi, in his article on Emperor Wen's policy of public order, cited Guan Zi's four dimensions and took Qin's destruction of the four dimensions as a cautionary tale. In the 23rd year of the Republic of China (R.O.C.), 425-3523, the national government.htm&nowpage=1 target=_self>Military Commission of the National Government (N.G.C.), Chairman Chiang launched the "New Life Movement" in the Nanchang camp, and adopted propriety, righteousness, honesty, and shame as the norms of daily life, which was re-interpreted as follows: "propriety is the attitude of discipline, righteousness is the behavior of the righteous, honesty is the identification of the righteous and shame is the identification of the shame. righteousness is proper behavior, honesty is clear identification, and shame is real awareness." During the war period, it was also reinterpreted as: "Ritual is strict discipline, righteousness is generous sacrifice, honesty is practical economy, and shame is vigorous struggle. Later, the government also made propriety, righteousness, honesty, and shame the motto of all schools at all levels throughout the country; this shows that it attaches special importance to the promotion of the four dimensions.

The Eight Virtues, which refer to loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, love, faith, justice, and peace, were especially emphasized by the Founding Father in his sixth lecture on nationalism. Since there are eight virtues in the ****, it is commonly referred to as the "Eight Virtues", which the Founding Father called the inherent morals at that time. In the above speech, the Founding Father said, "If we want to restore the status of the nation, we must first restore the old inherent morality. Only when we have inherent morality can we restore our inherent national status. Speaking of China's inherent morals, the Chinese people cannot forget them. The first is loyalty and filial piety, the second is benevolence and love, the second is faith and righteousness, and the second is peace. ...But now, oppressed by foreign nations, the new culture has been invaded, and those forces of the new culture are now rampant in China. The people who are interested in the new culture generally reject the old morals, thinking that with the new culture, they can do without the old morals. They think that with the new culture, they can dispense with the old morals. They don't realize that if we have inherited something good, of course we should preserve it, but only if it is bad can we give it up. At this time in China, when the old and the new are in conflict, the general public is at a loss as to what to do. ...Therefore, China's old morals of loyalty, filial piety, love, love, faith and righteousness are certainly superior to those of foreigners; but when it comes to the morality of peace, they are even more superior to those of foreigners. This special good morality is our national spirit. In the future, we should not only preserve this spirit, but also promote it, so that our national status can be restored. If we want to be able to rule the country and pacify the world, we must first be able to do so. If we want to be able to rule the country and pacify the world in the future, we must first restore our nationalism and national status; to use our inherent morality and peace as the foundation for unifying the world and achieving the rule of a commonwealth, which is the great responsibility of our 40 million people, .......this is the true spirit of our nation." The importance of the eight virtues can thus be imagined.