| The rule of morality emphasized the ethical order governance which regarded blood levels that radiated outward as the core principle in the traditional sense,while the rule of law stressed the punishing sanctions governance which was in the form of punishment law.The rule of morality was a kind of recessive and flexible governance which managed the human heart,while the rule of law was a kind of explicit and rigid norm governance.The former emphasized the power of internal constraints,and the latter stressed the authority of external norms.The combination of the rule of morality and the rule of law had constituted the thought of the rule of law and morality which was the orthodox governance concept for thousands of years in the history of Chinese traditional social thought.The thought of the rule of law and morality emphasized the relation that the etiquette guided the law.As the representative of Confucianism,Wang Yangming not only had deepened the theory of the rule of law and morality thoughts,but also had applied the actual practice to the specific strategies.First of all,the article combed the origin of Wang Yangming’s thought of the rule of law and morality from the historical development venation in the longitudinal dimension.And the article also interpreted the social and historical background of Wang Yangming’s thought of the rule of law and morality from the time evolution in the horizontal dimension.Secondly,the article expounded the main content of Wang Yangming’s thought of the rule of law and morality.Wang Yangming had used the conscience viewpoint to demonstrate the Confucian thought to promote the consistent of the conscience and the rule of morality in the perspective of Mind Studies.Furthermore,emphasizing the function of the discipline in the perspective of compatibility of the affection and the law,Wang Yangming had used the the viewpoint on award and punishment to demonstrate the legal concept.In addition,Wang Yangming used the the concept of knowing and doing to demonstrate the rule of law and morality,attaching great importance to the education function of the morality and punishment function of law in the social governance.Thirdly,the article explored the practical application of Wang Yangming’s thought of the rule of law and morality in the rural governance activities and national governance practice.The management strategy is morality-primary and punishment-secondary that has been made by Wang Yangming,who has created the south Jiangxi conventions of attaching great importance to the internal constraints and the ten brand method of attaching great importance to the external constraints.Wang Yangming’s national governance activities resorted to the management strategy of the combination of pacification and suppression policies,combining the guidance and the armed suppression effectively.Finally,the article had unearthed the historical value and contemporary value of Wang Yangming’s thought of the rule of law and morality.The equality ideas and practical thoughts was contained in Wang Yangming’s social governance thought had developed and innovated the Confucian management thought.The moral concept and convention thought in Wang Yangming’s thought of the rule of law and morality had inspired today’s society.And the revelation was that they might will strengthen the identity of the socialist core values and improve the standardization level of the grassroots social administration. |
