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An Analysis Of Pre-Qin Confucian Concept Of Justice And Interest

Posted on:2019-04-26Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:L L JinFull Text:PDF
GTID:2335330545461736Subject:Ideological and political education
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"What is in the world is only righteousness and profit."Cheng Hao believes that all problems in the world can be summed up by the relationship between righteousness,benefit,and righteousness and justice.As the issue of justice and interest has played an important guiding role in economics,politics,culture,social ethics and other aspects since ancient times,it has often been discussed as a hot issue.As an important part of the pre-Qin Confucian ethical values,the pre-Qin Confucian concept of righteousness and benefit was rich in content and profound in meaning,and it laid a solid theoretical foundation for the formation of Chinese traditional concept of righteousness and benefit.Explore the concept of righteousness and benefit of Confucianism in the pre-Qin period,the main purpose is to extract the reasonable core of the Confucian view of righteousness and benefit under the current social reality.While drawing on its support for the construction of the nation in contemporary China,it also radiates the inherent vigor and vitality of the pre-Qin Confucian concept of righteousness and benefit.This article is mainly composed of four parts.After sorting out the formation background and main contents of the pre-Qin Confucian concept of righteousness and benefit,it analyzes the pros and cons brought about by the society at that time,and then summarizes its reference significance for the contemporary.The details as follows:The first chapter mainly discusses the foundation of the pre-Qin Confucian concept of righteousness and benefit,the pre-Qin Confucian concept of righteousness and benefit was born in the background of the turbulent economic development in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period,the political structure of chaos,and the cultural prosperity of“a hundred schools of thought ",at the same time,he also learned the ritual culture of the Zhou Dynasty,the "human nature" of Confucianism and the nutrition of Confucius' "benevolence" theory;The second chapter is an important part of the article,This chapter mainly sorts out the specific contents of the righteousness and interest view of the three pre-Qin Confucian representative figures of Confucius,Mencius,and Xunzi.First of all,it expounds the basic concepts of Yi,Li,and the concept of righteousness and benefit,and then excavates the main viewpoints of Kong,Meng,and Xun ' s views of righteousness and profit from the basic concepts.In general,Confucius advocates "rebate justice and gain benefits," and"righteousness is up".It requires that when faced with the two values of righteousness and profit,we must take justice as the priority.Mencius advocated "Going to Liberia"and "Letting justice for justice." Mencius placed "righteousness" and "profit" in opposing positions and demanded that the ruling class make "why profits must be made."The nephew advocated "both righteousness and profitability,and wishing to use righteousness and desire," and believed that life was good and righteous.After discussing the views of the three people on the concept of righteousness and benefit,they pointed out their common moral orientation on the concept of justice and benefit.All three advocated the supremacy of public interest,and saw the righteousness of justice.The third chapter is a dialectical analysis of the positive influence and negative influence of the pre-Qin Confucian concept of righteousness and benefit on the social development and Chinese history at that time,and it is vividly pointed out that Confucianism ' s idea of righteousness and benefit is actually to serve the consolidation of the rule of the ruling class,and at the expense of the interests of the broad masses of working people,the growth of aristocratic interests under the feudal hierarchy is more likely to be realized.The fourth chapter is also the main part of this article.It mainly discusses the rational content of the pre-Qin Confucian concept of righteousness and benefit,and provides reference for the better construction of the country in the new era,the construction of a harmonious society and the shaping of the ideal personality.Specifically speaking,in the pre-Qin Confucian view of righteousness and benefit,"profoundly favors light profits","seeing righteousness and justice" and "justice is up" and so on.Proposals for China's socialist market economy,socialist political construction,and Chinese characteristics in the new era.The construction of socialist culture and the construction of diplomacy for big countries in the new era are of positive significance to the construction of a harmonious socialist society and to shaping the ideal personality of individual citizens.The interpretation of the pre-Qin Confucian concept of righteousness and benefit from the perspective of the contemporary perspective is a win-win for the development of the pre-Qin Confucian values and the active use of traditional culture.
Keywords/Search Tags:Pre-Qin Confucianism, Concept of Justice and Interest, Contemporary value
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