"the Analects Of Confucius" Music "philosophy And Thought

As one of the most important books of Confucianism, The Analects has been studied in the past and acquired huge achievement. In the past, the studies of most of the scholars were about the artistry of music . As a matter of fact, music still has great sociological meaning. The Analects essentially is a book of national management. There is an adage saying "you can govern a nation by half of The Analects." So this thesis will study the music of Confucianism from sociological aspect, and show the important status of music in Confucianism about management and expatiate its value in modern management.Music is an important factor to maintain order of original society and manage social production and became a managing system of ancient country. The study indicates that music in Chinese character is an indication of corn, besides China is an agricultural country, and the music is closely linked with production and living. Afterward the music became a sacred ceremonial. It not only celebrated the foison, but also impetrated the next foison from the God, so it turned into a factor of production. Lastly, the music became part of national system through three dynasties of Xia, Shang, and Zhou. Zhou Gong established the national system with its core music and ceremony, namely "the system of ceremony and music".Confucius generated a suit of management of music based on bypast study. The harmony management is the essential character of Confucianism. This management goes in for harmony, not standard or discipline. The harmony includes individual harmony and collective harmony. No other than music can realize perfect individual personality and collective harmony. Standard and discipline can only hold people in behavior, however, the music affects people in heart, so it can be accepted easily.The harmony management is a precious bequest of Chinese literature, further more, it has huge value in modern times. Confucius attached importance to people's sensibility in field of management, not only hold people in behavior, but also think over their mentalities. Nowadays this kind of management conception is still instructional.Qiang Li (Chinese ancient literature) Directed by Professor Hongli Xu...