| The thought of Confucian musical education is an important part of Chinese ancient education thoughts. Formation, development and maturation of the music education thought of Confucianism can be traced back to 2000 years ago, at that time, the famous educator attaches great importance to the education thought of the "music", they put the "music education" in the forefront of the ideological education. By infection of the music education,it can make people produce the perception and understanding, inspire people’s positive emotions and cultivate people’s sentiments, it can shape people’s perfect personality.Confucian Musical Education is not only a way of human self-education but also a way to improve their level of civilization, important cultivation of personality and cultivate younger generations descendants. Generally speaking, Confucianism’s ritual music enlightenment activity and today’s ideological and political education activities has the same place. Dig the music education of Confucianism, reject the dross, learn from their successful experience,to strengthen and improve ideological and political education is of great advantage.This paper explores the enlightenment thought of Confucian Musical Education on Ideological and political education of college students as the starting point, using the method of literature research and combination of theoretical analysis,Analysis of the basic contents of music education of Confucian idea in the new situation,the music education of Confucianism is used for reference to the ideological and political education of College Students.Based on the above issues, this study attempts to analyze the Confucian ideology applied to contemporary music education ideological and political education,music education through teaching ideas and methods of teaching philosophy,guiding ideological and political education to make up for lack of ideological and political education at the same time,increasing its cultural connotation of education. Research is divided into the following sections of content:Introduction. The topics of the reason, the ideological and political significance of the topic as well as education and music education research Confucian thought students were reviewed, paving the way for the study carried out after the text.Chapter one is the origin of formation of music education thought of Confucianism,Elder three generations there have been some perspective Confucian philosophy of music education ideas, content from the clan commune ritual mainly for ceremonial activities during the conversion of the monarchy and the monarch totem praise, music educationfunctions of the social productive activities linked to the production and clan. The study of the main content of the music education of Confucianism, which is the theoretical basis of the article. Explain the main contents of Confucian Musical Thought as the representative of the Confucius, Mencius and Xunzi, the function and purpose of Confucian music teaching, is "self-cultivation by music", cultivate people’s temperament, to maintain social stability and unity, so as to achieve social harmony, family harmony.Chapter two is music education. Explain the meaning of music education,characteristics, as well as the significance of music education pedagogy, and music education for the development process of the ancient and modern thinking to generalize.Music education and ideological and political education to cultivate people’s ideology and moral character, cultivate people’s moral sentiment, purify the soul, the final purpose is to improve people’s quality, promote the whole society, the development of mankind as a purpose.Chapter three is to discuss the Confucian teaching music enlightenment thought for ideological and political education of college students. In Confucian thought, "The Attorney" and "Song" and "sound" are called the "Music", in manifestations it integrated into poetry,song, dance, and in terms of education, "music education" is closely linked, Therefore from music education of the Confucian idea on "music education" and "poetry", discuss the enlightenment on music education of Confucianism for college students’ ideological and political education. First, Confucian musical education thoughts in strengthening the ideological and political education has good advantages. Second, strengthen and promote ideological and political education to the modern value of Confucian musical education thoughts. With the aid of music education in the ideological and political education to music bring good method of inspiration to college students in thinking positive, motivate them to pursuing good faith and strength and guides them to the benefit of the influence of the natural beauty, subtly on moral education. |