What does the Confucian five permanent members mean?

The five eternal principles of benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faithfulness are the code of conduct used to adjust and standardize interpersonal relationships.

Ren, the two are also. It means that when you get along with another person, you can achieve harmony, which is benevolence. You can't just think about yourself, you can't be selfish, put yourself in others' shoes and do things for yourself. This is benevolence. Confucianism advocates benevolence, benevolence and love. In short, loving others is benevolence.

Yi, herringbone, add a little. When others are in trouble, it is just to take the lead in helping others. The meaning of ancient words can't be separated from me. Distinguish right from wrong with my husband and help people once or twice when they need it. This is righteousness.

ceremony

Benevolence is the inner spirit of etiquette, and paying attention to etiquette is an important traditional virtue of "the state of etiquette". "Li Ming" talks about civilization in a broad sense; In a narrow sense, as a manifestation of treating people and things, it is called "ceremony" and "etiquette"; As a kind of cultivation, it is called "politeness"; Used to deal with the relationship with others, it is called "comity".

All these have become the representation and intuitive display of the civilization degree of a person, a society and a country. Beijing is vigorously carrying out etiquette education to welcome the Olympic Games. The value orientation of "courtesy, harmony is precious" is "harmony". Inheriting and carrying forward rites is the need of building a harmonious society.