| In recent years,money worship,hedonism and individualism have been prevailed;mercenary phenomenon has occurred as the gradually deepening of the socialist market economy and the impacts of various social thoughts in domestic and abroad.For example,water injection pork,dyed steamed bread and virus bean sprout,etc.emerge in an endless stream;people even take the ethic risk of doing something for benefits.This shows that modern moral education is facing a serious challenge.At the same time,modern moral education plays a rdle in socialism construction with Chinese characteristics only if it takes root in the excellent Chinese traditional culture.The important guarantee of establishing a theoretical system of modern moral education is that the research in the contemporary enlightenment of traditional moral education based on internal relations between modern moral education and traditional moral education.As a famous thinker and educator,Li Er-qu’s moral education thought has a significant impact on modern moral education.Li Er-qu(1627-1705),who was in Zhouzhi county of Shanxi province,and was called Mr.Er-qu because Zhou and Zhi are called Shanqu and Shuiqu.Therefore,sorting out and analyzing the moral education thought of Li Er-qu’s and fully excavating its contemporary value have a vital theoretical significance and realistic value.The main content of this paper is the Li Er-qu’s moral education thought.During the research process,this study adopted the document analysis method primarily and the historical analysis method,the case analysis method and the comparative analysis method as the subsidiary methods.Firstly,this research analyzed the historical background of Li Er-qu’s moral education thought,and described its formation and development process.Secondly,this dissertation introduced the main contents of Li Er-qu’s moral education thought,which includes the theory of repenting and recommencing,the theory of academic essence and the theory of embodying the loftiest ideal in behavior.Thirdly,this study summarized the practical route of Li Er-qu’s moral education thought,namely,moral cultivation which includes building ambitions and raising intentions,alternating one’s intention and being treasure oneself in solitude,saving silence and insisting respects,investigating things and reaching the highest good;and moral practice which includes speaking and doing cautiously to conduct oneself,paying attention to morality and actual utility to engage in scholarship,and feeling the way of heaven and earth to cope with things.On this basis,this research discussed the essential characteristics,historical position and profound effects of Li Er-qu’s moral education thought.Finally,this dissertation analyzed the necessity and possibility of modern transformation of Li Er-qu’s moral education thought combined with the present situation of modern moral education.This study described its contemporary enlightenment which includes the contemporary enlightenment of repenting and recommencing,for example,insisting on self-discipline when alone,changing with each passing day and paying attention to practice;the contemporary enlightenment of academic essence,for instance,advancing gradually,molding ideal personality and combining interior and exterior;and the contemporary enlightenment of embodying the loftiest ideal in behavior,for example,paying attention to moral education and rebuilding value systems.This dissertation expanded the research fields of Li Er-qu’s thought,and explored the practical routes of Li Er-qu’s moral education thought,which will facilitate to fully excavate the contemporary value of Li Er-qu’s moral education thought.This study provided a countermeasures reference and a theoretical guidance on solving the dilemma of modem moral education,and has very important significance to build the theoretical systems of modern moral education and construct a socialism culture with Chinese characteristics. |
