What kind of traditional Chinese virtues are embodied and what kind of practical significance are there?

Traditional virtues of the Chinese nation and their practical significance

The traditional virtue of the Chinese nation is a social moral code condensed from our 5,000-year history and culture, and it is an important part of the splendid history and culture of the Chinese nation for thousands of years. It has far-reaching influence, can be passed down continuously, and can be continuously innovated and developed. It requires us to attach importance to our self-cultivation, and at the same time, we have a strong sense of social responsibility and a positive spirit. It is also the crystallization of Chinese people's practice in dealing with interpersonal relations, social relations and the relationship between man and nature for thousands of years.

The ten traditional virtues of the Chinese nation are kindness, filial piety, courtesy, honesty and trustworthiness, loyalty to the country, self-denial, honesty and self-discipline, diligence, honesty, generosity and perseverance.

Every traditional virtue has its origin and connotation.

1. Benevolence and filial piety: Confucian culture preaches that the world should be based on "benevolence". "Filial piety" is the basic concept of Confucian spirit, and the spirit of "goodness" embodied in it is the foundation of Confucianism. This is also the reason why the Confucian spirit has maintained its long-term vitality for thousands of years. "Being old and being old, being young and being young, and being young" embodies the most distinctive ideological essence of the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation-"benevolence and filial piety". Anatomically speaking, it is actually to respect the elderly and honor their parents. We all know that this has always been the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation, because being born in the world and growing up in the world all come from parents. Respecting parents and elders is the duty of being a man, an innate virtue, an obligation of every citizen and a duty to everyone.

2. Modesty and courtesy: "Modesty" means modesty, "harmony" means family harmony and neighborhood harmony, and "courtesy" means politeness and courtesy. China people have known since ancient times that "be swayed by considerations of gain and loss, benefit modestly". There are many stories in the history of China, such as "making peace" and Liu Bei's three visits to the cottage, all of which are based on modesty. Great achievements have been made in the history of China.

3. Honesty: "Honesty" means being true and honest, being loyal to one's own nature and treating others sincerely. "Honesty" means keeping words and deeds, keeping promises, keeping promises and stressing credibility. The story of Wolf is familiar to everyone. If the child who herded sheep hadn't been cheated again and again for a while, how could there be that result? It can be seen that honesty is very important. Contemporary college students are the future builders and successors of the country, and their integrity will directly affect the smooth progress of China's socialist modernization. Honesty and trustworthiness are the basic moral qualities that every college student must possess. Generally speaking, the integrity of contemporary college students is good and positive. However, in recent years, in the face of some unhealthy trends such as fraud and corruption in society, the university campus regarded as a pure land also has the problem of lack of integrity. The phenomenon of college students' lack of honesty is becoming more and more prominent, which must be paid great attention to. "gratitude" means that you have to repay my kindness, and you have to repay me with a peach. "I have to repay you with a drop of water" and "I have to repay you with kindness". "But how much love there is in an inch of grass, who knows the food?" People should be grateful and repay kindness with kindness. This is the truth. While praising gratitude, our ancestors also condemned ungrateful people. For example, they say that "it is better for a bird to know grace than for a person who doesn't know it" and that "gratitude is not a gentleman, and it will harm future generations". Gratitude is the minimum morality of being a man, and it is also a praise and affirmation of morality. One aspect that distinguishes man from animals is that he has feelings and morality. Parents have kindness to nurture us, teachers have kindness to educate us, organizations have kindness to meet us in adversity, society has kindness to love us, and the motherland has kindness to grow up. How can we be ungrateful and ungrateful? Everyone should always be grateful to those who gave birth to you, those who raised you, those who educated you, those who care about you and those who help you. We college students should always be grateful and always do grateful things.

Loyalty to the country: "Loyalty" means loyalty to the country and the emperor. Serving the country is serving the motherland. There are many great generals in history who are models of loyal service to the country, such as Yue Fei, Qi Jiguang, and Zheng Chenggong who recovered the treasure island. Patriotism is a fine tradition of the Chinese nation and a powerful spiritual driving force for the Chinese nation to stand on its own feet in the world. College students should inherit the fine tradition of patriotism. Carry forward the national spirit and the spirit of the times, combine the ideal of life with a high sense of responsibility and mission to the motherland, and be proud of loving the motherland and ashamed of endangering the motherland. Being a staunch patriot in the new era is the basic requirement for contemporary college students. Under the background of economic globalization, the development and utilization of science and technology are transnational, goods are sold all over the world, capital flows across borders, information is shared, and the localization degree of multinational companies is constantly improving. Make full use of both local natural resources and local human resources, so that citizens of all countries can move around the world. In the world, there is a complicated situation in which you have me and I have you. Citizens of one country can work and live in another country and have feelings for another country, which makes people confused about their sense of belonging. In this situation, we should be more aware that the country is still the most authoritative representative of the overall interests of the nation. As long as the country exists, patriotism has a solid foundation. The hostile forces' strategy of trying to westernize and divide China has not changed. Personal development and the realization of life value are closely related to the construction and development of the motherland. The development of the motherland has created conditions and opportunities for personal development, and the achievements and achievements created by individuals need to be evaluated and recognized by the motherland.

5. Self-denial and dedication: "Self-denial" means restraining one's own selfish desires, and "dedication" means obeying the whole. For the benefit of the country, you can sacrifice your own interests. Individual interests should be subordinated to collective interests. In ancient times, Dayu did not enter the government for water control. Later, Fan Zhongyan "put the worries of the world first, and then the joy of the world". These are the best interpretations of Ke's professionalism by the ancients.

6 Self-cultivation and self-discipline: "Self-cultivation" means self-cultivation, strengthening self-cultivation and consciousness; "Cautious independence" means being strict with yourself when you are alone and having a high degree of consciousness. The key to strengthening self-cultivation is "cautious independence". Lin Zexu hung a striking nave in his residence and inscribed the word "cautious independence" to alert and encourage himself. Zeng Guofan, a famous minister in the late Qing Dynasty, said the first sentence in his will was "cautious independence". It can be seen that prudence and independence have such a high position in the eyes of the ancients and their role in life is.

As you can see, "righteousness" refers to loyalty and justice. Since ancient times, "sacrifice one's life for righteousness" has been an important part of Chinese traditional virtues. With the passage of the surging river, Qu Yuan's and Lin Zexu's "Misfortune is the trend of happiness" and Wen Tianxiang's "Who never dies in life since ancient times, leaving a heart to reflect on history" all interpret "giving up life for justice and dying without regret."

8. Diligence and honesty: diligence and thrift, modesty and integrity. Bao Zheng in the Northern Song Dynasty and Kangdu in the Ming Dynasty were honest officials. Bai Juyi was furious with the bribers, while Zhu Yuanzhang was more sympathetic to the masses, so he "had four dishes and one soup" every day without extravagance and waste. Only such a monarch can make a difference and be remembered by future generations.

9. Honesty and generosity: "Honesty" means loyalty and honesty. It requires people to match their words with their deeds, and "generosity" means generosity to others. Li Shimin not only takes history as a mirror, but also is generous to others, so he can become a wise monarch praised by later generations.

10. Brave perseverance: "Brave" refers to courage, courage and perseverance in doing things; "Do what you can" means do what you can. "The three armed forces can win the handsome, but ordinary men can't win the ambition", "wealth can't be lewd, poverty can't be moved, and powerful people can't bend" all depend on perseverance and courage.

These traditional virtues handed down from 5000 years of history will continue, and they still have a far-reaching impact on this rapidly developing society:

1.\x09 is conducive to the establishment and construction of a harmonious society,

A harmonious society benefits all the people and embodies their fundamental interests and common aspirations. However, a harmonious society will not come out of thin air, nor will it wait. To build a harmonious society, we must make good use of traditional virtues, especially the virtues of kindness, humility and politeness. Only when everyone acts and makes contributions can our society achieve harmony faster and better.

2.\x09 For college students, learning and inheriting Chinese traditional virtues is of great significance.

The elite of our college students' associations are the main force of the future construction of the motherland and the successors of the cause of Socialism with Chinese characteristics. Our ideological and moral situation is directly related to the overall quality of the Chinese nation, the future of the country and the destiny of the nation.

The further expansion of China's opening to the outside world has provided favorable conditions for young people to understand the world and broaden their horizons. At the same time, the struggle between international hostile forces and China for the successor has become increasingly acute and complicated. They have strengthened their ideological and cultural infiltration into us through various channels. The influence of some decadent lifestyles on college students should not be underestimated. Only by guiding and correcting them with traditional culture can teenagers grow up healthily.

3. To strengthen moral construction, we must inherit the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation.

Morality has always been the unity of reality and history. Socialist morality is not water without a source or a tree without roots, but is rooted in the fertile soil of national culture and the continuation and sublimation of traditional virtues. Inheriting Chinese traditional virtues is based on the background of Chinese traditional morality, inheriting these contents in traditional morality that meet the requirements of the times and contribute to the coordinated development of economy and society and spreading them to all the people. Driven by the new economic, political and cultural changes, the moral structure of today's society has undergone tremendous changes, and some new fields and trends have emerged. To carry out moral construction, we should not only vigorously inherit and carry forward the excellent tradition of Chinese moral culture, but also learn from the excellent achievements of moral construction in other countries, and also inspire people to keep pace with the times and blaze new trails to create new morals and new concepts that meet the requirements of the development of socialist market economy. We should also carry forward the fine morality formed by the party leading the people in the practice of revolution, construction and reform. China's traditional virtues regulate and guide people's behavior and spiritual pursuit, and at the same time, they are constantly enriched and developed in people's practice in the new era. If we want to inherit and carry forward the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, we must make them develop with the development of the times.

China has a profound culture and a long history. The traditional Chinese virtues developed on this basis will surely lead us to the future. Under the guidance of excellent traditional virtues, let us strive for the strength of China and create brilliance.