On Patriotic Spirit Of Zhu Xi With The Marxist View Of History And Methodology

Lenin pointed out that:"Patriotism is one of the most profound feelings of his own country for thousands of years fixed. The Chinese nation’s spirit of patriotism is deeply rooted in a long tradition of culture, which is also inseparable from the history of numerous people with lofty ideals with their own efforts on the cultivation of this spirit. Zhu Xi as the great Confucianism master of the Southern Song Dynasty, who was attracted by people for the light of his Neo status, and has not been fully discovered his lofty national integrity and patriotism. Zhu Xi was born in a war party of patriotic family and life in the Song and Jin era when the two states were confronted to each other. When he still was a little boy he was deeply affected by traditional Confucianism, the national integrity and patriotism throughout his life.Zhu Xi was politician, philosopher, writer and educator, from the memorial of his article and conversation talk, showing a lofty national integrity and a deep patriotic feeling. The lifting of national pride and patriotic spirit which Zhu Xi marked was mainly reflected in four aspects, which was obsession with the county, care about the people; love the county and great importance to moral integrity. Specifically, the meaning of the four aspects was that obsession with county was determination of the firm anti-Jin state, the care of people to show the government’s honest, and love the homeland reveals the true emotions, great importance to moral integrity was the distinguish the civilization from barbarians. The reasons for the formation of Zhu Xi’s national integrity and patriotism were this:one Neo inner self-cultivation requirements; the reality of anti-Jin state; the natural expression of the Confucian literati Responsibility of consciousness. Patriotism is a historical category which has different connotations in different historical periods. The patriotic spirit of Zhu Xi also has a "loyalty patriotic" feudal ideology, when promote patriotism showing with his own philosophy demands at the same time.The innovation of this article is use the history and methodology of Marxism as a guide, is the first time analysis of Zhu Xi who embodied the national integrity, to reveal the patriotic spirit of its ideological content, and to demonstrate its historical image as a patriotic thinker plumper. This paper attempts to run through the main ideas of the Marxist view of history and methodology in the writing, from the Marxist view of history sight to evaluate historical figures. The national spirit with patriotism as the core is an important part of the socialist core value system. By studying Zhu Xi’s national integrity and patriotism we can use the ancient warning now, makes the past serve the present, with the Marxist view of history and methodology of digestion and absorption of traditional Chinese culture. This is great important to further strengthen the education in patriotism, socialist core values.