Study On Guofan Tseng’s Thought Of Shen-du

With the advance of modernization and spread of multiculture,Chinese traditional moral system starts to face the danger of modernity.The lack of individual moral self-discipline is a common social phenomenon.Guofan Tseng is the promoter and practitioner of traditional Shen-du culture,who is the model of self-discipline.Thus the essay chooses the thought of Guofan Tseng’s Shen-du as the topic of master’s thesis to study,hoping to provide available ideological resources to the building of our social moral construction.The essay systematically combs the evolution and progress of Shen-du’s concept in Chinese and western languages,discusses the commonality of Chinese thought of Shen-du and western self-discipline theory.On the basis of study,the essay defines the connotation of Shen-du,that is the thinking of self-existence,the inner principle of self-promotion and the spiritual pursuit of freedom.The essay discusses Guofan Tseng’s thought of Shen-du in the field of self-cultivation and moral education.The main point of his thought in self-cultivation is the ethics orientation of Benevolence,Industry,Integrity and Discretion;the method system of Shen-du,Worship and the Pursuit of Benevolence and Earnestness;the self-cultivation method of the Abstinence of inner desire and subtlety,Self-communion and Thoughtcast.His thought in moral education shows his discuss of education principle and method,and the main point is Demonstration,the Enlightenment of Cognition,the Inspiration of Emotion and Moral practice.On the basis of study,the essay demonstrates the feature of Guofan Tseng’s thought of Shen-du,that is Containment,Practicability,Moral Salvation and Moralization.The essay measures the value of Guofan Tseng’s thought of Shen-du in dimension of history,academic and modern.The historical value of his thought is Setting up the moral example of Shen-du,Integrating the connotation of Chinesethought of morality and philosophy,Reflecting the moral construction in the transitional period.The academic value of his thought concentrates on his academic contribution of Ethics and Moral Philosophy,discusses his idea of the importance of Self-discipline and the Relationship of Self-discipline and Heteronomy.The modern value of his thought shows its contribution in demonstrating the close relationship of individual and society,Chinese moral education and modern moral education,traditional culture and modern society.To promote its thought needs the innovation of modern moral education and society.The essay also objectively analyzes the limitation of Guofan Tseng’s thought of Shen-du in the perspective of historical and epochal,theoretical and intellectual.