A Study On Qian Mu’s Thought Of Rule Of LI(Etiquette)

Qian Mu is a well-known master of Chinese studies in modern Chinese history.He has written books and has extensive knowledge and scholarship.However,Qian Mu has been in a period of severe turbulence and impact on Chinese traditional culture throughout his life,and the transition from a traditional society to a modern society.Has traditional Chinese thought completely abandoned?Where does Chinese traditional culture go?Will China perish?Politically,the Japanese invaders launched a war of aggression against China.Qian Mu firmly believed in the theory of China’s immortality and looked for a bright future for the country from history.Culturally,since the May Fourth Movement,Chinese people have often advocated total Westernization,and Qian Mu has searched for his historical spirit from the inner traditional culture to awaken the Chinese people’s national cultural consciousness.It is precisely facing the problems of this era that led to Qian Mu’s academic path based on China’s own national history and national culture.He has been thinking about the essence of Chinese traditional culture and how to carry forward the cultural spirit all his life.Qian Mu’s thought of rule of LI(Etiquette)was formed under this environment of internal turmoil and foreign invasion.Therefore,his thought of rule of LI(Etiquette)is also discussed around the relationship between modernization and tradition.Qian Mu took Chinese traditional history and culture as the foundation,moral spirit as the spirit of Chinese history,and cultural and historical view as the core of the development of Chinese tradition.Performance for:First,Qian Mu’s thought of rule of LI(Etiquette)is based on the cultivation of one’s mind and nature,starting from the perfection of one’s morality,educating oneself and putting family’s affairs in order,and mananging state affairs and China or the world.Second,the theoretical goal of Chinese political thought is to surpass national politics in academic research and lead secular system by morality.Chinese traditional culture combines politics and religion,and scholar-officials play the dual roles of politics and moralization.Third,he advocates the politics of meritocracy in traditional Chinese culture,and constructs a political formation among monarchs,scholar-officials and civilians.Qian Mu’s thought of rule of LI(Etiquette)is divided into two parts,which respects "benevolence" internally,and realizes system and organization with "etiquette and music" externally.Qian Mu paid attention to the contrast between Chinese culture and Western culture.By comparing the origins of Chinese culture and Western culture,the types of cultures,the classes of cultures,the emphasis on LI(Etiquette)and laws,the traditional political forms,the relationship between man and nature,morality and power,it emphasizes the understanding of the thought of rule of LI(Etiquette)based on the great tradition of Chinese culture.Chinese traditional political thought is different from the West in that moral and ethical concepts run through ancient Chinese politics.Ancient Chinese politics was not just for dominating power,but for realizing morality and virtue.At the same time,a theoretical construction was carried out in response to the impact of Western civilization:the individual itself uses etiquette self-cultivation to fight against Western atomic individualism,the state construction uses etiquette to govern the country against utilitarianism,the social level of etiquette and religious order opposes the theory of social evolution.In the development of the world,fight against hegemonic thinking with the concept of one world.The analysis of Qian Mu’s thought of rule of LI(Etiquette)is more to provide a method based on Chinese traditional spirit and the contrast between Chinese and western academic.Qian Mu’s academic thinking should be based on understanding its significance in history,and then combining the opinions of the times.The study tries to reveal the whole picture of Qian Mu’s thought of rule of of LI(Etiquette),study the differences between Chinese culture and Western culture and analyze its value to the modern development of China.