How to Understand the Social Responsibility and Historical Mission of Ancient Intellectuals in Traditional Culture

What is an ancient Chinese scholar? In today's words, it is intellectuals. In ancient times, a scholar was called a Confucian, a Confucian scholar, and a scholar who was an official was called a scholar. Intellectuals must be upright people, concerned about society, concerned about people's livelihood, enthusiastic about contributing to society, which has become a kind of **** knowledge. To read a lot of books but use them to do bad things is not being an intellectual. I was surprised to find in my study of ancient scholars that ancient Chinese scholars possessed exactly this spirit.

The traits of the scholarly people have a strong sense of social responsibility and social participation. Looking back at history, those who are remembered by future generations were concerned about society. During the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, when society was in turmoil, the scholars had a strong sense of social responsibility and considered the future of the country. They had the "spirit of ownership" and dared to accept challenges. Mencius said, "If I want to rule the world, who else can I be in this world?" This is a big spirit. Ancient Chinese scholars, pay attention to the "cultivation of the body, the family, the country and the world", not only to think, but also to practice, and put the national affairs in the first place. There is a famous couplet of the Donglin Party: "The sound of wind and rain and the sound of reading are always in one's ears, and one cares about family affairs, state affairs and all affairs of the world." There are countless other spirits like this, as well as "Scholars can't help but be resolute, the task is heavy and the road is long" and so on. Scholars people's understanding of society, promote the development of society.