The Study Of Confucian Humanistic Enlightenment Thought In The Spring And Autumn Period

During the Spring and Autumn Period,the Confucian doctrine pioneered by Confucius was similar to the thought and theory of other great sages of the Axial Era,and had a similar humanistic spiritual driving force.Spring and Autumn Confucianism took the "benevolent theory" as the starting point and constructed a humanistic enlightenment thought with distinctive local historical characteristics.It takes "benevolence" as the core of the theory,melts the connotation of deep "benevolence" into the surface "rites",starts from the "theory of human nature",and supplemented by the edifying effect of etiquette,enlightens the trend of "human nature" through "benevolence",teaches people to live benevolently and righteously,and people’s hearts return to benevolence,so as to realize the fundamental transformation of society from chaos to governance,from weak to strong.The occurrence of the Spring and Autumn Confucian Humanistic enlightenment Thought was not an isolated and accidental event,and during the Yin Zhou Dynasty,China experienced three human spiritual awakenings,the third of which was the full burst of Spring and Autumn Confucian Thought.The achievements of civilization inherited from Yin Zhou provided a direct source and basis for Confucius to construct Confucian Humanistic enlightenment thought.In troubled times,Confucius began with the main line of "benevolence",relied on the theory of human nature,the education of etiquette and music as the means,the idea of moderation as the guide,and the realization of Datong as the goal,comprehensively laying the academic foundation of Confucian Humanistic enlightenment thought.Later,the disciples of Confucius,represented by Zeng Zi and Qi Diaozi,further expanded and carried forward their theories,and finally converged into the Confucian Humanistic enlightenment thought that led the humanist trend of thought in the Spring and Autumn period.Its far-reaching influence has run through the development and evolution of Chinese civilization for more than 2,000 years,and it is also of great significance to the world,so it is of great practical value to explore the historical origin of Confucian humanistic enlightenment thought in the Spring and Autumn Period.