What is China's traditional management thought?

China's ancient management thought is extremely rich. The Spring and Autumn Period can be said to be the heyday of China's ancient civilization, and various management ideas also appeared a situation in which a hundred schools of thought contended. We take Confucianism, France and Taoism as the representatives to analyze, and the main content of the study is the way of governing the country, the way of being a monarch and the rules of being an official.

1, Confucianism first put forward the basic assumption that human nature is good, then put forward the management methods of benevolent governance, rule by virtue and etiquette, and finally put forward the management goal of governing the country with the family and leveling the world.

2. Legalists first put forward the basic assumption that human nature is evil, then put forward the management methods of legal system and criminal rule, and finally put forward the management goal of worshiping the monarch and enriching the people.

3. Taoism first put forward the idea of human nature, then put forward the management method of doing nothing, and finally pointed out that the management goal to be achieved is the realm of supreme morality.

Confucianism advocates benevolent governance, and its important content is to oppose tyranny and arbitrary punishment and killing, believing that "tyranny is fiercer than tigers." Confucianism advocates ruling the people by moral influence, so it advocates ruling by virtue. Confucius advocated: "If the Tao is political, it will be punished, and the people will avoid it. It is shameless. Tao is virtue, courtesy, shame and dignity. " Politics and punishment can only play the role of repression, making people afraid to commit crimes; Morality and politeness can win people's hearts, make them feel ashamed and return to their hearts. We should "govern the country by virtue", "guide people by virtue", "unite by courtesy" and "take the people as righteousness". Mencius advocated: "Those who serve others with virtue are happy and convinced."

Legalists respect monarchical power and try their best to safeguard the authority of the supreme ruler, in order to seek the implementation subject and guarantee conditions for implementing his management thought of rule of law and punishment. Legalists can't have modern democratic thoughts, linking the legal system with democracy. At that time, they could only link the rule of law with autocracy, and tried to promote their management concepts and systems with the support of autocracy.

Taoism is a school with Laozi's "Tao" theory as its core. It uses Tao to explain the essence, composition and changes of all things in the universe, and advocates that "Tao is nature", and everything is born naturally because of inaction, so it thinks that human nature is natural. In governing the country, it advocates piety and inaction, governing by inaction, obeying nature, being quiet and simple, being diligent and thrifty, and abandoning wisdom and righteousness.