Research On Mencius’s Thoughts Of Etiquette

Confucian ethics of etiquette is an important part of Chinese traditional culture and has always occupied an important historical position.The pre-Qin Confucian ethics of etiquette refers to the political order,code of conduct,and the political order,the code of conduct,and the interpretation of the political,social,and life levels by thinkers represented by Confucius,Mencius,and Xunzi for the harmonious coexistence of all social strata,with “ritual” as the core.The sum of the thoughts pursued by the personality.As an important part of the Confucian ideological system,ritual is a great treasure of Chinese traditional culture.It plays a very important role in the development of China.For thousands of years,it has regulated and guided the political,social and spiritual life of ancient Chinese with its own unique educational function.It has a wide and far-reaching impact on the ethical and moral concepts and behaviors of the descendants of the Chinese nation.Today,using modern consciousness to excavate the reasonable factors of pre-Qin Confucian ritual thoughts and promote the Chinese nation’s ritual thoughts of advocating rituals and justice is of great value to improving the relationship between people and society and building a harmonious socialist society.Regarding the study of ritual thoughts,most domestic scholars have relatively studied the ritual thoughts of Confucius and Xunzi,and the research results are relatively fruitful,while Mencius’ s ritual thoughts are relatively lacking in related research results,which is also a pioneer The study of Mencius’ s thoughts of etiquette pointed out new directions and provided new ideas.The systematic study of Mencius’ s ritual thoughts started from the background of the era in which his rituals came into being.It mainly clarified that the formation of Mencius’ s ritual thoughts is closely related to the political,economic and cultural background of the time.The background of the times is the realistic basis for the formation of Mencius’ ritual thoughts,and the theoretical source of Mencius’ s ritual thoughts was formed on the basis of critically inheriting the ritual thoughts of Zhou Gong,Confucius,and Zisi.The chapters and sentences on "ritual" in the book give a detailed exposition of Mencius’ s ritual thought.Mencius’ thoughts of ritual mainly include three aspects.First,"ritual" refers to the hierarchical order of society.Second,"ritual" is the inherent attribute of human beings,a sign of the difference between humans and birds,the standard for distinguishing gentlemen from non-gentlemen,and the basis for self-cultivation.Third,"ritual" is still a system of rules and regulations."Ritual" is a principle followed by all classes."Ritual" and "yue" cooperate to educate the people and provide institutional guarantees for social stability.The characteristics of Mencius’ thoughts of ritualism are mainly the characteristics of people’s nature,the unity of internality and externality,and the developmental characteristics embodied in the feudal society.Mencius’ s development of Confucian ritual thoughts is mainly manifested in Mencius finding the roots in human nature for “rituals”,the “four ends” theory has expanded Confucius’ ethical and moral system and the “benevolent governance” theory has expanded Confucius’ thoughts of rule of rituals.The formation of Mencius’ s ritual thought undoubtedly developed the existing ritual thoughts of the predecessors.Therefore,Mencius’ s ritual thought has a certain degree of progress compared with the ritual thoughts of the predecessors,and has very important historical value in history.Its historical value is mainly manifested in enhancing individual moral self-confidence,developing Confucian ideological system,strengthening Confucian pursuit of life,helping to improve people’s moral realm and maintaining the hierarchical order of feudal society.However,Mencius’ s ritual thoughts still serve the feudal society as a whole.Therefore,Mencius’ s ritual thoughts have certain limitations of the times,and their limitations are manifested in certain class tendencies and idealism tendencies.Mencius’ thoughts of etiquette still have important values in contemporary times,which are mainly manifested in: providing ideological resources for the construction of socialist core values,helping to improve people’s spiritual realm and moral cultivation and promoting harmonious coexistence among people.Studying Mencius’ s ritual thought is not only because of the important position of "ritual" in Chinese history,but also for contributing to the construction of a harmonious socialist society.Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China,General Secretary Xi Jinping has delivered a series of important speeches focusing on the inheritance and promotion of China’s excellent traditional culture,emphasizing that China’s excellent traditional culture is the outstanding advantage of the Chinese nation and China’s deepest cultural soft power.Only by promoting the creative transformation and creative development of China’s excellent traditional culture,and continuously improving people’s ideological awareness,moral standards,and civilized literacy can we create the brilliance of Chinese culture.As an important part of Chinese excellent traditional culture,ritual thoughts are necessary for people to strengthen the excavation and elucidation of ritual thoughts,and strive to realize the innovative development of traditional culture.Therefore,when we study Mencius’ ethics,we must adhere to the historical materialism standpoint,adhere to the past for the present,remove the rough and the essence,remove the false and keep the truth,make the best use of the situation,and deepen the research to make it play an active role in the new era.