The connotation of Confucianism

The connotation of Confucianism is humanistic spirit; The spirit of inner saints and outer kings; Positive spirit of joining WTO.

1, Introduction

Confucianism is one of hundred schools of thought's theories in the pre-Qin period. Confucianism has the characteristics of openness and tolerance, and Confucianism has the characteristics of practical application. Duke Zhou and three generations of rites and music were the pioneers of Confucianism in later generations, and Luoyi, the place where Zhouli was formulated, was the ancestral home of Confucianism in China.

For thousands of years, it has been highly praised by Confucian scholars in past dynasties. Confucianism, also known as Confucianism or Confucianism, was founded by Confucius, and then gradually formed a complete Confucian ideological system on this basis, with far-reaching influence.

Step 2 create a background

Confucianism was founded by Confucius, a thinker at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, and has gone through nearly 1700 years of China civilization history. Confucianism founded by Confucius has formed a complete ideological system on the basis of summarizing, generalizing and inheriting the traditional culture of respecting relatives in Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties.

3. Development

Before Confucianism, nobles and scholars in ancient society received the traditional socialized education of Liu De (wisdom, faithfulness, sincerity, benevolence, righteousness and loyalty), six lines (filial piety, friendship, harmony, marriage and benevolence) and six arts (courtesy, music, shooting, imperial, calligraphy and mathematics) through "Confucianism". From the teaching content.

The social education in ancient China was completely based on the cultural elements such as values, habits, customs, codes of conduct and norms formed by the Chinese nation in a specific living environment for a long time. Confucianism absorbed these cultural elements and rose to the theoretical level of the system.

The function and research value of Confucianism;

1, function

The important social influence of Confucianism lies in that it created a set of theoretical and ideological system for the feudal ruling class to govern the country and society, and enabled the ruling class in China to successfully apply it to the practice of social state governance in China, and gained a glorious history of human development in which the feudal society ruled China for more than 2,000 years, which is unprecedented in the history of human social development in the world.

It is also the foundation for the Chinese nation to stand in the world before, now and in the future. The essence of Confucianism is not its theory of governing the country, but the feudal system is only the ideological shell of feudal society, and the essence of Confucianism lies in its social ethics.

2. Research value

The existing Confucianism (different from Confucius' thought), as the orthodox thought of feudal dynasty, regards class as the foundation of human society, advocates feudal morality, emphasizes individual self-restraint and ignores the role of law in social life. Western scholars believe that Confucianism is one of the important factors that make it difficult for Asian countries to accept western democratic ideas.

The attitude towards China's ancient traditional culture attributed all the roots of China's backwardness to the cultural tradition, and advocated the complete abandonment of China's traditional culture and total westernization.