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What are the 18 traditional Chinese virtues?

Honoring parents, respecting teachers and elders, unity and friendship, determination and diligence, self-improvement, modesty and courtesy, honesty and trustworthiness, being strict with oneself and forgiving others, being ashamed of oneself, being righteous and courageous, being tidy and fit, seeking and attacking, being industrious and thrifty, thinking of righteousness when seeing profit, being devoted to one's work and doing one's duty, being clean and honest, being patriotic and loving the people, and being a public servant in the whole world

In line with the principle of "existence in the ancient times and the need in the modern times

In the spirit of "ancient existence, modern needs" and the series of principles of critical inheritance, overall optimization, targeting the effectiveness, unity of knowledge and action, the Chinese Ethics Association of the Chinese traditional virtues education research group led by Mr. Luan Chuan-Da, chairman of the Chinese traditional virtues education research group from the richness of China's ancient ethical resources to mine, choose, and determine the basic virtues of the traditional virtues of the Chinese people: filial piety and respect for parents, respect for teachers, respect for the elders, Unity and love, determination and diligence, self-improvement, modesty and courtesy, honesty and trustworthiness, strictness and leniency, shame, righteousness and courage, cleanliness and fitness, searching and attacking, industriousness and thriftiness, seeing profit and thinking of righteousness, dedication to one's work and duty, cleanliness and honesty, patriotism and love of the people, the world for the common good. These 18 moral items, the content is really clear, conducive to rural schools to carry out moral education, conducive to rural students to understand and grasp the knowledge of the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, to promote the inheritance of the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, to improve the distinction between the true goodness and beauty and the false and ugly moral judgment ability, to enhance the national self-esteem, self-confidence, pride and cohesion, and to develop a good civilized moral habits.