What is traditional Confucianism? How to understand tradition?

Traditional Confucianism usually refers to the thoughts of Confucius, Mencius and their disciples (also known as "idealists"), mainly including The Analects of Confucius, The Doctrine of the Mean, Mencius, The University, The Classic of Three Characters, Disciples' Rules and The Classic of Filial Piety. In addition, it also includes "materialism" represented by Xunzi, Wang Chong, Fan Zhen and Wang Fuzhi, mainly including Xunzi, Lun Heng and Deism. Cheng Yi, Cheng Hao and Zhu are "Neo-Confucianism" schools, which mainly include Jin and Er. There is also "Xin Xue" represented by Lu Jiuyuan and Wang Shouren (Wang Yangming) (Lu Jiuyuan first put forward the concept of "Xin Xue", but he still hasn't got rid of it ideologically, and the representative works of Xin Xue include The Complete Works of Mr. Xiangshan and Wang Wencheng Gongquanshu).

From the perspective of modern dialectical materialism and historical materialism, the three schools of traditional Confucianism have all contributed to the development of China, but from now on, we should abandon the dross, such as "foolish loyalty" advocated by Confucius and Mencius, inappropriate hierarchical concept, monopolizing power by one person, ignoring cooperation and unity, and doing things unfairly among peers, and so on, as well as the "three cardinal guides and five permanents" in Zhu Cheng Neo-Confucianism, and we should absorb more things headed by Xunzi. Traditional Confucianism is conducive to self-cultivation and meditation;

The development of China today needs to learn from the legalist thoughts represented by Shang Yang, Han Fei, Li Kui and Wu Qi, and rebuild the authority of the rule of law.