In what ways did Confucianism mainly influence China's national character, cultural thought and character?

Confucianism is profound and has a long history. In the historical process of the formation and development of the Han nationality, the Confucian thoughts of destiny, benevolence, propriety and well-off have a profound accumulation in China's national psychology.

The thought of destiny is the epitome of Confucianism. Confucius believes that "life and death have a life, wealth is in the sky" and advocates "fear of fate." The Han nationality has a tradition of recognizing "fate" and respecting "heaven". Since ancient times, Han people generally believe in life and death, marriage, wealth and so on. It's all "destiny takes a hand" and it's all arranged by heaven. Never "blame others" or "blame others". Under the influence of the idea that heaven and man are connected, in order to change their destiny, people often pin their hopes on "opening the eyes of heaven", thus forming the concept of respecting heaven and various customs and habits of respecting heaven. Weak religious concept is a prominent feature of Han nationality's ideology. This is directly related to the fate of Confucianism. As the "heaven" worshipped by the Han nationality was transformed from divinity and finally completely replaced by the "heaven" of human nature, as early as the Confucius era, there was a tendency to break away from religion on the issue of sacrifice. Confucius' thought of valuing personnel over spirit, valuing this life over the afterlife and breaking away from religion has a great influence on the thoughts of the Han nationality. Its direct influence is that in the long history of the Han nationality, no religion has ever occupied a dominant position, and there has never been a matter of the whole nation believing in any religion in the history of the Han nationality.

Human nature is an important issue in Confucianism. The essence of Confucian human nature thought is the concept of "being born" and "being human". The so-called "born naturally" is what Xunzi said, "those who have sex are natural." Its most remarkable performance is the family view of the supremacy of human relations and affection. Under the theoretical premise of Confucian sense of the virtue of heaven and earth, parents' fertility is naturally rich, which can be compared with Hui Qi. Therefore, the ethical relationship between children and parents is the foundation of interpersonal relationship, and filial piety is the core of this relationship, which is also the central content of Confucian family concept and family education. Therefore, it is natural for children to be filial to their parents and support their parents in the Han ideology, and it is also indispensable for a good-quality person!

Benevolence and courtesy are the core of Confucius' thought. Benevolent people love others, which is a profound and clear summary of dealing with the complex relationship between good people. This is an aspect of the core of Confucius' thought. On the other hand, Confucius emphasized benevolence and propriety. Confucianism, after the Western Han Dynasty's "respect for the only one", the Sui and Tang Dynasties' "imperial examination system" and the Song and Ming Dynasties' "Neo-Confucianism", has been deeply accumulated in the national psychology of the Han nationality, infiltrated into the political system, moral consciousness, behavior mode, thinking mode, emotional attitude, aesthetic psychology, culture and art, social customs, family style and other aspects of the Han nationality, and often became an unconscious part of the Han nationality. For example, the concept of "righteousness" has been influencing and regulating the families of millions of families of the Han nationality for more than two thousand years, and it has accumulated in the national psychology of the Han nationality and become a psychological state of the Han nationality. The unyielding national integrity of the Han nationality has become the backbone of all "people with lofty ideals" of the Han nationality, and has created the great national spirit of "sacrificing life for righteousness" of the Han nationality.

The highest realm of Confucius' political thought is the well-off thought of "the world is home". This well-off thought of Confucianism is accumulated in the national psychology of the Han nationality and transformed into the self-sufficient values of small farmers. Since ancient times, the Han people, especially the peasants who account for the vast majority of the population, have been pursuing a stable, well-fed and stable life. They hope that in family life, they can be "like relatives, children like father and son", father and son are strict, brothers are harmonious, and husband and wife are harmonious ",and they hope that they can be" provided for in the old age, used in the strong, and used in the young ". Under the guidance of the values of small farmers, the Han nationality has long preserved the simple folk customs of focusing on agriculture and mulberry, frugality, incompetence in craftsmanship, incompetence in merchants and honesty.