The Concept Of Righteousness And Interest Of Pre-qin Confucianism And Its Modern Significance

It is a major issue that the relationship between justice and benefit in the history of Chinese moral thought,and based on people's understanding under the specific political,economic and cultural background.The justice and benefit value of pre-Qin Confucianism is the climax of the debate of justice and benefit,which contains ideology and morality essence.The main representatives,Confucius,Mencius and Xunzi,put forward the whole moral values of righteousness on the basis of socio-economic,political and cultural transformation and with the purpose of building a unified and orderly society.Because of highly valued concept is widely respected,and integrated into people's daily life,becoming the mainstream concept of Chinese traditional culture.Under the socialist market economic system,the prosperity and development of the domestic economy have enabled most people to experience rich material and spiritual life.However,a kind of public morals that people seek to enjoy life and ignore the ethical is forming.We can not ignore the behavior of some individuals who disrupt the market economic order for seeking material interests.Therefore,it requires that we find the correct values that meet the needs of our countrymen.During the important period of social transformation,we should guide personal ideas and concepts with the correct values to change people's social thoughts and the overall social atmosphere so as to build a more harmonious,ordered,happy society.During the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States Period,the open political environment and economic development led to the beginning of culture and promoted the formation of justice benefit value in Confucianism of Pre-Qin.To thoroughly understand the Pre-Qin Confucianism,we must clearly distinguish the historic connotation and its relationship of justice and benefit in the social environment at that time,in order to make a systematic understanding of the concept of justice and benefit.Confucius,Mencius,and Xunzi are the representatives of Confucianism in the pre-Qin period.Pre-Qin Confucian values of justice and benefit are mainly composed of their understanding.Confucius advocated the use of "justice" to distinguish gentlemen and villains,and put forward the principle of thinking of justice when seeing the benefit.Mencius emphasized benevolence and justice,Xunzi put forward the view both justice and benefit,and advocated combining ritualswith laws and advocated the opinion of first justice and then benefit.To analyze the pre-Qin justice and benefit value in Confucianism,we should compare the Confucianism,Mencius and Xunzi views,because of different times among the three people.So it is a significant difference.Pre-Qin Confucianism,represented by Confucius,Mencius and Xunzi,can be regarded as the main body of Chinese traditional culture.Their view of justice and benefit is an important part of Confucianism.The justice and benefit of pre-Qin Confucianism in the Western Han,the Song Dynasties,the Ming and Qing Dynasties inheritance and development Since pre-Qin Confucian values of justice were produced under the era of exploiting class domination,it has the limitations of the times and classes.Pre-Qin Confucian values emphasis too much on the role of morality,ignoring the role of the law;neglecting the role of material interests,hinder economic and technological development.We should learn from the Confucian values of justice and benefit Pre-Qin dynasty,advocate the pursuit of value in harmony with justice,insist on the moral principle of justice and benefit,pay attention to pursue personality spirit,strengthen one's own culture accomplishment.At the same time,we should also lay stress on individual benefit,focus on the overall benefit of society,emphasize both justice and benefit,promote the development of a socialist market economy,and create a social morality and establish a correct social moral value orientation.The pre-Qin Confucianism of justice and benefit has a great guiding significance to the present socialist values.We should learn from its essence that meets the advancement of human society,interpret the justice benefit value in the new era,to serve the modern material civilization and spiritual civilization.