Why should China's socialist moral construction be linked with the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation?

The report of the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out: "Establish a socialist ideological and moral system that is compatible with the socialist market economy, coordinated with socialist legal norms, and inherits the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation." This thesis brilliantly summarizes the basic ideas, methods and approaches of socialist moral system construction under the condition of market economy, points out the direction of socialist moral construction, and is the fundamental principle that socialist moral construction must adhere to in the new century and new stage.

Socialist moral construction must inherit the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, which is the need of social and times development. In the process of economic globalization and political multipolarization in today's world, the competition for survival and development between countries and nations is the competition of comprehensive national strength as well as cultural national strength. Since the 20th century, all developing countries in the world have tried their best to advocate and carry forward their national values and maintain and carry forward their fine moral traditions in the process of vigorously realizing modernization. The establishment and perfection of the socialist market economic system need to inherit the traditional virtues. The establishment and perfection of socialist democratic politics requires inheriting the traditional ethics of "ruling the country by virtue" and "being close to the people and loving the people". The construction of socialist culture requires inheriting the traditional virtues of "harmony between man and nature", "caring for the old and caring for the young" and "worrying about the world first, and enjoying the world later". A large number of facts at home and abroad have proved that traditional morality will not only affect China's modernization, but also become an important spiritual force for maintaining social order, improving social customs, coordinating interpersonal relationships and enhancing national cohesion. In this sense, in today's multipolar world structure, it is the essential requirement for China to build a well-off society in an all-round way and realize socialist modernization to carry forward the excellent moral tradition of the Chinese nation and maintain its own mainstream values and moral demeanor.

The construction of socialist morality must inherit the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, which reflects the development requirements of socialist morality itself. Moral construction in any era does not come into being out of thin air, and it is related to traditional morality in one way or another. Socialist morality is no exception, which is rooted in the traditional morality of the Chinese nation. However, socialist morality is not a simple affirmation or negation of traditional morality, but a process of removing the rough and selecting the fine. On the one hand, although traditional morality contains the limitations of its times and classes, socialist morality will inevitably inherit those "minimum rules of public life that have been repeatedly mentioned in all codes of conduct for thousands of years" (Selected Works of Lenin, Volume 3, p. 19 1 page) and give it brand-new social content to make it more perfect. On the other hand, socialist moral construction. Many new contents that meet the requirements of the times have been added. China's socialist morality is not only the result of criticizing and inheriting Chinese traditional virtues, but also the result of creating and innovating Chinese traditional virtues. The socialist ideological and moral construction in the new period should always represent the direction of advanced culture, conform to the requirements of the development of the times, and show unquestionable advancement in the interaction of various cultures in the world, which is determined by the essence of morality and the development of socialist morality itself in China.

Socialist moral construction must inherit the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation and is also determined by the characteristics of different moral subjects. Morality is a special practical activity, and the morality of any era is followed and practiced by realistic people. To build socialist morality that inherits the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, we should consider the different understanding abilities and degrees of different social morality individuals and put forward specific requirements. Take concrete measures. As Comrade Deng Xiaoping pointed out: "While encouraging and helping everyone to work hard, we should still recognize the differences in talents and qualities in the process of growing up, and treat them differently according to the differences, so that everyone can be as close as possible to the overall goal of socialism and capitalism according to different conditions." In China's real society, people have different hierarchical characteristics in moral concepts and behaviors because of their different positions and roles in social, economic, political and cultural activities, and different subjective reasons such as education level, cultural background and pursuit of ideals. Therefore, in the process of strengthening socialist moral construction and promoting socialist morality, it is necessary to vary from person to person and from place to place, but also to "change with time" and "make it according to things"

Any kind of moral system in history is the fusion of tradition and times. The unity of ideal and reality contains components or elements that are derived from and higher than real life. Morality that cannot represent or reflect the requirements of the times or society and the direction of social development will certainly not have vitality and will certainly not become a long-term social existence. China's socialist moral construction inherits the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, which not only embodies the strong vitality of traditional virtues, but also embodies the theoretical quality of moral construction keeping pace with the times and constantly innovating in the new period.