Traditional Chinese humanistic thinking, what does it include

First:? Emphasizing the independence and initiative of individual personality. Confucius opposed the animalization of human beings, the disregard of human dignity, and the treatment of human beings like livestock. Therefore, he not only opposed to the brutalization of living beings and cursed the perpetrators of such crimes, but also opposed to the imposition of will on human beings, pointing out that "no one can take away the will of a man" and "do not do unto others what you do not want them to do unto you".

Second:? Respect for the interests of people require. "Rich and noble, people's desire; ...... poor and cheap, people's evil", good rich and poor is the same psychology of people ***. Confucius is not opposed to people "seeking profit" "gain profit", but only advocates "righteousness for the top", can not see profit and forget righteousness.

He openly said, "rich and can be sought, although the whip, I also for the", as long as you can get rich, is to do to give people carry the whip of the errand, he did not say anything. Once, Zigong asked Confucius: "(If) there is a piece of jade here, hide it in a box or find a merchant who can offer a good price to sell it well?" Without hesitation, Confucius replied, "Sell it, sell it; I am the one waiting for a merchant!"

Third:? Respect the material desires of people and oppose the fish and flesh of the people. "Food and color, sex is also", suppression of human material desires is inhumane. Therefore, Confucius advocated "sufficient food", Mencius advocated "thin tax convergence", "not to be so that the feeder to harm people", "off the market ridicule but not levy, Zeliang There is no prohibition", "the plowman help but not tax" there are cloth levy, corn levy, the levy of labor.

The gentleman used one of them and slowed down the other." When Ran Qiu became the governor of the Ji Clan, he doubled the rent of the fields, and when Confucius heard about it, he immediately broke the relationship between teacher and student, and encouraged his students to sound the drums and beat the drums.

Fourth: advocate "benevolent government" and oppose "tyranny". Gentlemen should "make the people with the anonymous way", in the process of governing "because the people's benefit and benefit", to ensure that their behavior "benefit but not fee, labor but not grumble, want but not greedy, not proud of Thai, not fierce. "

Confucius opposed the exploitation of the people. Once, Zigong asked Confucius, "If someone gives benefits widely and helps everyone, is this person a benevolent person?" Confucius said, "More than a benevolent person, he is simply a saint!"

Fifth: the relationship between the Law and the people. The Legalist corrects himself by the Way, and the sage rules the country, not to make everyone good, but so that everyone does not do evil. And to control the people's production, because "the granary is solid to know the etiquette, food and clothing is enough to know honor and disgrace", to strengthen the country and enrich the people, this people-oriented thinking is the main content of humanism, which is the philosophical basis of the traditional Chinese legal culture.