Mencius' Understanding of "Wisdom"

Mencius summarized moral norms into four categories, namely, benevolence, righteousness, courtesy and wisdom. Love without attacking.

Mencius was accused of "benevolence, courtesy and wisdom", and Dong Zhongshu extended it to "benevolence, courtesy, wisdom and faith", later called "the five permanent members". These "five permanent members" run through the development of China's ethics and become the core factor in China's value system.

Here are the questions you want:

1. Wisdom can extend from moral wisdom to scientific wisdom, and combine scientific spirit with humanistic spirit, which we still want to carry forward today.

2. Benevolence is the most basic and highest virtue and the most universal virtue standard. The ancient humanistic feelings with benevolence as the core can be transformed into modern humanistic spirit through modern transformation.

The combination of benevolence and righteousness, as the representative of morality: "Benevolence is extremely forbearing." Righteousness has become a kind of outlook on life and values, such as "duty-bound", "duty-bound", "courageous", "duty-bound" and "upright". Righteousness is the responsibility and dedication of life, such as free clinic, charity performance, charity sale and obligation. This is still a manifestation of China people's lofty morality.

Courtesy and benevolence are both exterior and interior, benevolence is the internal spirit of propriety, and paying attention to propriety is an important traditional virtue of "a state of etiquette". "Li Ming" talks about civilization in a broad sense; In a narrow sense, as a manifestation of treating people and things, it is called "ceremony" and "etiquette"; As a kind of cultivation, it is called "politeness"; Used to deal with the relationship with others, it is called "comity". All these have become the representation and intuitive display of the civilization degree of a person, a society and a country. Beijing is vigorously carrying out etiquette education to welcome the Olympic Games. The value orientation of "courtesy, harmony is precious" is "harmony". Inheriting and carrying forward rites is the need of building a harmonious society.

Faith is the foundation of being a man and the way to develop your career and manage the world. Keeping promises and keeping promises are the recognized value standards and basic virtues of the Chinese nation.

Benevolent: kindness, kindness, and benevolence are teachers' benevolence.

Righteousness: obligation, righteousness, righteousness.

Courtesy: courtesy, comity and propriety.

Wise man: wisdom, cleverness and sagacity.

Believers: honesty, credibility and public trust.

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