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The expression of traditional virtues of the Chinese nation

The traditional virtue of the Chinese nation advocates the steps and modes to realize the ideal of life, that is, "respect for things, knowledge, honesty, integrity, self-cultivation, keeping the family in order, governing the country and leveling the world". This basic moral concept of treating people with things is the basic requirement for human beings to carry out material production activities and their own survival and development, and it is also the minimum code of conduct for people to live together. It correctly reflects the objective requirements of the development of human society, and is a scientific outstanding heritage of human social moral relations.

Traditional morality generally plays a role when the society is stable, but it lacks its position when the society changes dramatically. As the saying goes, "it is the merit of' ruling Japan and doing things'." The ancients said: "Take history as a mirror, and you can know the rise and fall. History has proved that Confucian ethics often plays its social role in stabilizing society, easing contradictions and regulating interpersonal relationships in times of peace and prosperity. Contemporary China has entered a relatively stable period of peaceful development, and social stability and political stability are the overall situation of China. In order to achieve the grand goal of building a harmonious society, it is necessary to unite and cooperate with all walks of life. Among them, moral construction is undoubtedly an important spiritual cornerstone and a powerful grasp of building a harmonious society. Whether a society can be harmonious and a country can maintain long-term stability depends largely on the ideological and moral quality and moral construction level of all social members, which is an important symbol of a harmonious socialist society.

Strengthening moral construction must inherit the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation. Morality has always been the unity of reality and history. Socialist morality is not water without a source or a tree without roots, but is rooted in the fertile soil of national culture and the continuation and sublimation of traditional virtues. Inheriting Chinese traditional virtues means relying on the background of Chinese traditional morality, inheriting these traditional moral contents that meet the requirements of the times and contribute to the coordinated development of economy and society, and popularizing them to all the people. Liang Qichao once said in the book Xinmin Shuo: "If China wants to build a country, it must have Xinmin first. Xinmin is different from the old China people. It must meet several conditions. The most necessary condition is public morality. " Driven by the new economic, political and cultural changes, the moral structure of today's society has undergone major changes, and some new fields and trends have emerged. To carry out moral construction, we should not only vigorously inherit and carry forward the excellent tradition of Chinese moral culture, but also learn from the excellent achievements of moral construction in other countries. We should also encourage people to keep pace with the times, be brave in innovation, and create new ethics and new concepts that meet the requirements of the development of the socialist market economy. At the same time, we should also carry forward the fine morality formed by the party leading the people in the practice of revolution, construction and reform. China's traditional virtues regulate and guide people's behavior and spiritual pursuit, and at the same time, they are constantly enriched and developed in people's practice in the new era. If we want to inherit and carry forward the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, we must make them develop with the development of the times.

Building a harmonious society benefits all the people and embodies their fundamental interests and common aspirations. A harmonious society will not appear out of thin air, nor will it wait. Building a harmonious society is everyone's responsibility. Man is the sum of social relations and the main body of social construction. A harmonious and beautiful society needs down-to-earth efforts and the participation of all the people. Each member of the society performs his/her duties, assumes his/her own professional and social roles, and does his/her duty with due diligence. Every member of society abides by his own rules, has a sense of law and integrity, and consciously abides by social rules, regulations and public order. Everyone has actions and everyone contributes, so that our society can achieve harmony faster and better.