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What are the traditional values of China people?

Values refer to a person's overall evaluation and view of the significance and importance of the surrounding objective things (including people, things and things). On the one hand, it shows value orientation and pursuit, and condenses into a certain value goal; On the other hand, it is manifested as a measure and criterion of value, and it has become an evaluation standard for people to judge whether something of value has value. Once personal values are established, they are relatively stable. But as far as society and group are concerned, the values of society or group are constantly changing because of the changes of people and environment. Traditional values will be constantly challenged by new values. The order of views and evaluations on various things in the mind constitutes a value system. Values and value system are the psychological basis that determines people's behavior.

The four dimensions are courtesy, justice, honesty and shame. Eight virtues are loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, love, faith, righteousness, harmony and peace. This is the traditional moral standard and life value orientation of China people.