The Modernization Of The Late Qing Dynasty's Ethics In 20 Years Witness In Stranger Present Situation

Among the Chinese traditional thought and culture, ethics thought always plays an important role. Chinese literature rarely out of the traditional Chinese ethical culture to observe the basic perspective of life, always with a clear moral utilitarian sex, and even become an indispensable tool of moral enlightenment.After the Opium War, Western powers break into Chinese society with an unstoppable momentum, industrialized civilization impact on people's traditional life style which they lived for generations, under the force of internal and external, the Chinese society started a fundamental change. Chinese people began to realize that only the rich and powerfulness can resist Western aggression, the traditional ethics concept whose concept is maintain social harmony and stability can not handle the new-emerged nation survival danger issue. To be prosperous and strong became the new ethics concept for Chinese people, they use this new ethics concept to solve national survival crisis and the new emerged issues; this is the core concept of "modern ethics"."20years witness in stranger present situation"'s background is 20 years which from around the Sino-French War in 1884 to around 1904. China's modern society started from this period, during which social life, people's minds changed significantly, such as: the phenomenon prevalence of foreign goods, scholar-merchant union, prevalence of entertainment, women's embarked on social activity, and women abandoned their husbands and live with other man unmarried. These phenomena showed people's ethics concept that they pursuit the development of industry and commerce, the pursuit of enjoyment, and the concept of worship extravagance, admit everyone is equal, gender equality, marriage autonomy, which is the concrete manifestation of social life.