The Core of Traditional Chinese Culture

Traditional ethics is the core of traditional Chinese culture. In terms of the ultimate goal of moral values, the pursuit of "unity of heaven and mankind", the realm of harmony between man and nature. China's cultural form of human relations as the center of humanistic values and the pursuit of behavior, occupies an important position. It is a prominent symbol of the Chinese nation. A strong sense of harmony gives the Chinese nation a strong national cohesion and national centripetal force.

In the application of moral values, the integration of moral and political thought is emphasized. Chinese traditional culture is a kind of ethical culture, which can be called "moral" culture according to the ancient Chinese tradition. The most important social foundation of traditional Chinese culture is the patriarchal system based on blood relations, which largely determines the social and political structure of China and its ideology.

In the orientation of moral values, in order to safeguard blood relations, patriarchal system and monarchical autocracy, it emphasizes that the individual obeys the whole. Mencius said, "The foundation of the world is in the state, and the foundation of the state is at home." This highly summarizes the essence of traditional Chinese society. From the family to the family, and then assembled into a clan, composed of society, and then constitute the state, the family and the state is the same structure, the father is the king of the family, the king is the father of the country, the family and the state as a whole penetrated into the deepest layers of social life in ancient China. This patriarchal system of family and state is the fundamental reason for the formation of traditional Chinese culture, which emphasizes ethics and advocates morality.