An analysis of Zhu's ethical spirit and the construction of contemporary social integrity

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Paper Keywords: Zhu; Ethical spirit; Honesty construction

In Zhu's ethical spirit category, the ethical spirit principles such as benevolence and righteousness first, righteousness and benefit first, loyalty-based, respect for things and frugality have extensive and profound connotations. It advocates values and political ideas such as fairness and justice, giving consideration to justice and interests, honesty and trustworthiness, winning the trust of the people, ruling for the people, fairness and honesty, which meets the needs of the development of socialist market economy and the political country's move towards a civil society and is of great significance to building a contemporary honest society.

Honesty construction is a topic of general concern in today's society. Honesty is a kind of consciousness, an idea, and belongs to the moral category. It is impossible to fundamentally solve the problem by only relying on the constraints of external rules and regulations and the punishment after violating good faith. We still need to understand and grasp honesty from the perspective of morality and ethics. This is an important and urgent task to promote the current integrity construction.

Therefore, the author takes traditional culture as the focus and Zhu's ethical spirit as the research object, summarizes several important principles related to the current integrity construction in Zhu's ethical spirit, and analyzes their positive role in the current integrity construction.

Several important principles of 1 Zhu's ethical spirit category

1. 1 Benevolence first, benevolence and righteousness are two important categories in Zhu's ethical spirit. Benevolence is the core and foundation of Zhu's ethical spirit, which has a wide range of connotations. "Benevolence covers all parties, hides right and wrong, and talks about shame." With benevolence, we can know right and wrong, know shame, and know how to get rid of evil and do good. Benevolence is closely related to many human morals. Between benevolence and love, benevolence is love. The relationship between benevolence and love is the relationship between root and seedling, body and use. Secondly, between benevolence and public, benevolence is fundamental and public is the external expression of benevolence. "Only benevolence can be public", "those who are public and selfless are benevolent" and "those who have exhausted selfish desires and justice prevail are benevolent". "Benevolence is for the public, not for the private, so it becomes varied." In a word, benevolence is the source of human virtue, and only with benevolence can there be love, fairness and justice. "Benevolence and nature," Zhu said. "Everything has a proper reason. Be sure to read it clearly, even if it is not bad, then you must take it. " "When a gentleman sees this, it should be like this, and it should be like this, so he does it. What are the disadvantages? Righteousness means dealing with things around you according to the principle of justice in the world, that is, dealing with external things fairly and properly. Benevolence is the premise of human morality. People without virtue of benevolence and righteousness are like animals, and they can't be people. The first premise of being a man is to put benevolence and righteousness first everywhere.

The relationship between righteousness and benefit has been a hot topic of discussion in Confucianism since ancient times. Zhu also attached great importance to the relationship between righteousness and benefit. He said, "It is beneficial to have righteousness in everything, big or small", and "Learning without depth is beneficial to distinguish righteousness". The relationship between righteousness and benefit is also an important knowledge in life, which cannot be avoided. Zhu thought: "Benevolence is rooted in the inherent nature of human heart, and justice is also public. Li Xin was born in the contrast between things and me, and people want to be private." "There is a difference between kindness and altruism, which obviously cannot be unified. But unlike Mencius, he didn't simply seek righteousness by sarira, but by sarira. He believes that "following heaven, there is no harm if you don't seek benefits" and "righteousness and harmony are no harm". He saw the relationship between righteousness and benefit, and expressed his profound insight that "benefit is born from righteousness".

1.2 Honesty and trustworthiness, loyalty is the foundation, what is loyalty? Zhu dui said: "loyalty is not a little self-deception"; "People who are loyal to ministers should do their best and have no holidays." Loyalty means honesty without disloyalty, and loyalty means "doing my best" (Notes to Four Books and The Analects of Confucius). Being honest with others, not being unfaithful, doing your best, not being unfaithful, is loyalty. What is honesty? Zhu's explanation is: "an honest man, both inside and outside, is what the appearance looks like, what the inside looks like, and what the outside looks like." In modern terms, it is what it looks like, and what it says is consistent. People can be honest as long as they don't deceive themselves. What is a letter? Zhu said: "What is true is what is believed. Faith is truth, which means there is no deception. So what is the relationship between faithfulness and faithfulness? In this regard, Zhu has elaborated. For example, between loyalty and faith, "loyalty is what you do, and faith is what you do." "Loyalty is the foundation of faith, and faith is the hair of loyalty." Loyalty is only one thing, but the internal and external aspects are always the beginning and the end. "Loyalty is inside, faith is outside, loyalty must be believed, and faith must be won." Another example is loyalty and sincerity. "Loyalty and sincerity are the real reasons. "Loyalty, honesty also. Believers do not cheat. The loyalty of a gentleman is great; Its relationship with people is not bullying, so its heart should be faithful, its words should be faithful, and its actions should be faithful, so it is also a foundation. He also said that being a man should be based on loyalty, and without loyalty, he is not a man. From the above words, we can sum up two points: first, the consistency of loyalty, sincerity and trust is, in the final analysis, true. Second, to be trustworthy means to be honest, tell the truth and do practical things. Otherwise, "if people are not faithful, everything is untrue, easy to be evil and difficult to be good, so scholars must take this as the first." "

1.3 Respect things and believe in things. Zhu is a thrifty man. He said: "To respect things and believe in things means to respect politics, save things and save things. Therefore, the people have the politics of creating people. If you don't respect it, you won't believe it. If you don't believe it, you can't save your lover, let alone make the people timely. This sentence reflects Zhu's ruling philosophy. He believes that as a ruler, respect is very important. "The fundamental effort is to respect the word. Since ancient times, sages have said this word from Yao and Shun "; Moreover, he believes that respect, faithfulness, frugality and love are interrelated and have their own priorities. "Respect for the party is the letter, frugality is the frugality, and love for the party makes the people timely." Only in this way can society embark on the road of political harmony. In fact, Zhu has not been an official for a long time, but he has a lot of research on governing the country. He also put forward many related ethical spirits. To sum up, there are the following points: first, he thinks that the ruling personnel should be honest. "If you don't believe, how to do things, such as daily changes, even if you are a businessman, you can't be a politician. If you want the following things, you must give priority to respecting trust. " Secondly, he thinks it is very important for a government to win the trust of the people, so he says that "people can't stand without trust", "people can't do anything if they believe" and "people will die without food, but what the dead do is inevitable. If you don't believe, you will be born without self-reliance, and if you don't die, you will be safe. Therefore, I would rather die than lose faith in the people, so that the people would rather die than lose faith in me. " Third, to win people's trust, we must make Qiang Bing rich. "With enough food and soldiers, people will trust it." . Rulers can make the country rich and strong, and the people naturally support it. Fourth, rulers should be loyal to their duties and sincerely love the people. The so-called "tireless love, sincere loyalty", "if you don't love the people sincerely, you will be tired and not expert". Without sincere love for the people, work will lose ideological motivation and guarantee, so politics should be based on sincerity. "If you are sincere, you can do it. If you are dishonest, you are sometimes tired and disloyal. " If you are tired of living, you will be disloyal, but the right one will be gone. "Fifth, the rulers are required to" respect their affairs "and do their duty." A gentleman is an official only to respect his affairs, and must not have the heart of benefiting first and then getting rich. "In the process of work,' respect before eating'." Don't care about personal gains and losses, just try your best to do the work well. Sixth, we should set an example first. "Take the lead, the people will have no complaints", "People travel, set an example, and act without orders. If you work hard for the people, you will be diligent and not complain. " The power of example is infinite. If a politician takes the lead in everything and is down-to-earth and truly benefits the people, he will gain the understanding, support and support of the broad masses of the people in exchange for trust in good faith and gain prestige. Finally, be frugal, honest and fair. In the process of being in power, we advocate economy, honesty and self-improvement, and "give more to the people rather than take more".

2 Zhu's ethical spirit and the construction of contemporary social integrity

The socialist market economy is an economy ruled by law. Honesty and credit, giving consideration to justice and interests, and fairness and justice are not only its proper meanings, but also its value orientation. Doing this effectively plays an important role in ensuring the sustained, rapid and healthy development of the socialist market economy. From a political country to a civil society, the government and its civil servants are required to firmly establish the purpose consciousness of "building the party for the public and governing for the people", earnestly establish the concept of changing from a management-oriented government to a service-oriented government, win the trust of the people, be loyal to their duties, be fair and honest. For all this, in Zhu's ethical spirit principle, we can all find the connotation of the corresponding concept of good faith.

2. 1 Benevolence first and commercial integrity construction Zhu's view of benevolence first and benefit first has always played an extraordinary role in commercial integrity construction. China's famous business gangs, such as Hui Gang and Jingang, all run their enterprises with the skill of benevolence and righteousness, and adhere to the principle of "taking from righteousness and applying it to righteousness", which has won them an enduring reputation for 500 years. Undeniably, all this has the internal guiding function of Zhu's ethical spirit of "benevolence and righteousness come first, righteousness produces profit".

In the construction of contemporary business integrity, we should still attach importance to the important role of Zhu's ethical spirit of "benevolence and righteousness first, benefit from righteousness". First of all, we should face up to the social reality of the current social development economy, encourage the commercial behavior of pursuing efficiency and profit, and develop the economy; Secondly, we advocate fair trade under the premise of following benevolence and righteousness, and don't do anything that violates the rules of benevolence and righteousness, otherwise it will be "if you don't get profits, you will harm yourself and others." In a word, Zhu's ethical spirit of "putting righteousness first and benefiting from righteousness" has important reference value in the current construction of commercial integrity. 2.2 Loyalty and trustworthiness, loyalty-oriented and personal integrity building Zhu advocated the principle of loyalty and trustworthiness, honesty-oriented, which has always been an important principle for people to get along with. If people don't treat each other sincerely, there will be ideological barriers and intrigues. If they are honest, they can communicate with each other, strengthen understanding and enhance unity. If everyone is loyal, sincere and trustworthy, the whole society will be full of honesty, but it is not easy to really do this. To do a good job in personal integrity construction, what is more needed is the cultivation and observance of loyalty, sincerity and trustworthiness. First of all, I deeply understand Zhu's remarks about "doing your best is loyalty, and everything is faith" and "loyalty is doing your best, and faith is giving full play to people's talents", and grasp the moral essence of loyalty and faith and its internal unity; Secondly, I have a sense of loyalty and trust in my own ideology, bearing in mind the concept of loyalty and honesty, and doing things in a down-to-earth manner without reservation. As Zhu said, being trusted by others is a loyal thing. "If you don't pay attention to him wholeheartedly, you not only deceive others, but also deceive yourself." At the same time, "everything should be done with a solid heart, with a service road and no service road."

In short, if all people can truly achieve what Zhu advocates, they should be faithful everywhere and always be alert to "people who are not faithful are not human." Starting from me, they should be honest and trustworthy, and their words and deeds will be consistent, and integrity will fill our living space. 2.3 Respect for things, trust and cherish, and the construction of government integrity to do a good job in the construction of government integrity, it is necessary for us to accept the enlightenment of Zhu Thought from an ethical point of view, strengthen the construction of administrative ethics, and form an internal restraint mechanism: First, strengthen ideological education and cultivate the loyalty consciousness of ruling personnel. The government is the government of all the people, and it is the basic moral requirement for every executive to be loyal to the party, the motherland, the people, the law and the country. Second, strengthen the principle of justice and build a clean government. Zhu said: "Officials are big or small, and everything is just public. If you are a public official, you can do well, but if you are a small official, people are afraid of the wind. If it is unfair, it is the prime minister, and there is no end to it. With justice, it is cleaner. " Honest people are the foundation of politics. "Anti-corruption and strengthening the construction of a clean government will be an important part of improving the government's integrity. Third, face up to the power in your hands, recognize your position as a public servant, establish the idea of serving the people, persist in governing for the people, and work diligently for the people. Fourth, we should have a high sense of responsibility, so as to improve the efficiency and strength of government personnel, solve problems and make people trust us. If the government can do the above, I believe that the establishment of an honest government is just around the corner. To sum up, these measures are the inherent requirements and concrete embodiment of Zhu's ethical spirit of "respecting things and saving love". This just proves the value of Zhu's ethical spirit to the current government's integrity construction.