What does traditional Chinese humanist thought include

Traditional Chinese humanist thought includes the view of nature and people-oriented thought.

1. Minben Thought, as opposed to junben (state-based) and guanben, refers to a view of rule put forward by the wise rulers and virtuous ministers of ancient China in order to safeguard and consolidate their rule, which is mainly manifested in emphasizing the people, valuing the people, settling down the people, sympathizing with the people, loving the people, and so on.

2. The concept of nature refers to the general view of the natural world. It is an integral part of worldview. Materialism believes that nature is an objective material world that exists independently of human consciousness. Idealism sees nature as a product of spirit or God.

Development of Minben Thought: At the end of the Ming and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, with the fierce class struggle and the factors of new production relations arising, the ancient Minben Thought was given great play to, that is, Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu, Wang Fuzhi, as the representative of the progressive thinkers of the monarchy as a monarchical dictatorship was profoundly exposed and criticized. They accused the monarchical system of being "the greatest evil in the world", opposed to the monarch treating the world as his private property, and proposed that "the world is the master, and the king is the guest", and that the king's responsibility lies in "taking the world's people as a matter of fact". This socio-political thinking is progressive and can be regarded as the enlightenment of early democratic thinking.