Research Of Pre-Qin Confucian Justice Thought

Pre-Qin Confucian justice thought generates under circumstances of the political instability of the society, flourish of ideas and culture, drastic reform of the economic system in the Spring and Autumn Period. Confucian justice thought generated under this circumstance, not only reflects people’s economic demands of justice, but also indicates the pre-Qin Confucianismin ethical values. It is to say, the Confucian justice thoughts, has a distinctive characteristics atthat time.Throughout, the pre-Qin Confucian justice thought embodied the justice thought system withthe “benevolence” as the basis,“meaning” moral principle, and “ceremony” reality. Justice isnot only one of the important goals of governing in design process of social system, but also one of the important aims of personal moral cultivation in social life. Pre-Qin Confucianism strongly advocated the rule of virtue. They advocate that the key of implementation “Sage King”is that the ruler can dominate the world as long as he has noble moral cultivation. Moral cultivation of a person is noble or not, in determined by an important measure, which is to see thatif this person has a fair and just mindset. Whether he is a public officer or an individual, justice thoughts is the most valuable spiritual quality as a person. It is more important for public officials in particular, because it is directly related to that whether the national public right can be implemented correctly. So, justice thoughts have always been valued by people. In the treasure trove of Confucianism, the "profit after justice" is an important content, and the heart andsoul of its ideology. Although "justice and profit" have some different explanations for pre-Qin Confucian, they have the same understanding of the concept of justice. They have advocated "justice" to be more important than "profit" in dealing with people. Meanwhile, they are notaverse to pursuit of “profit”. They advocate that when people want to get benefits, as long as t hey do not against "justice", it can be safely to pursue, and there is nothing improper. The system of justice that Pre-Qin Confucian justice thought constructed not only approves reasonablepursuit of personal interests and moral legitimacy, but also value the maintenance of public interest, and emphasize the coherences of personal gain and self-interest to groups and society interest.Pre-Qin Confucian justice thought is a positive reflection of justice demands in pre-Qin Dynasty in thought area, therefore, Confucian justice thought should be approved because it not only adapt to the demand at that time, but also become valuable treasure left to Chinese people, and contribute to the progress of social history and thought. Of course, Confucian justice thought constructed during pre-Qin Dynasty, is flawed theoretically, and has limitations of the age.So we must recognize this with dialectical perspective, and learn from the part which is meaningful for our economy today. Meanwhile, we should weed out the dross, and put it into realityto serve the harmonious society of socialism with Chinese characteristics.