Mencius' Min-Oriented Thought And Its Modern Value Under The View Of Historical Materialism

Engels said,‘modern materialism treat history as the development of human being,and its mission is to find the motion in this course'.According to historical materialism,people creative history and constitute social practice.It plays an important role in the process of Chinese nations' great revival.In new ear,during the course of building well-off society,it is need to research traditional people-oriented thought for the reason that all kinds of problems about people's livelihood obviously.Through recommend and mining its modern value,it is useful for us to build socialism.After Confucius,Mencius was the famous thinker in ancient China,and his people-oriented thought not only put Confucian peopleoriented thought to the peak,but also make traditional people-oriented thought to the vertices.Also,it is plays important part in later times.Under the view of historical materialism,it is meaningful for practicing the thought of people-oriented development through analyzing and pursuing the forming background,main content,historical development and value of Mencius' people-oriented thought.This paper begins from the meaning of historical materialism to Chinese nations' great revival and the prominent of people's living problems,from this point,it is try to research the connection between historical materialism and Mencius' people-oriented thought,then pursue its reality meaning.In this course,it is find that on one side the modern building of socialism need to search thinking resource from traditional culture and find the useful factor for modern building.On the other side,through combining with new concept,traditional culture could serve for modern building better.In the next,the paper analyzing the form of Mencius' people-oriented thought from the aspects of social material condition,political situation,cultural phenomenon,Mencius own growing up and his theory of goodness in nature.First,it is his thought of people are precious than the king.This thought realized that people creative history and enlarged in this course.By carding the historical development of this thought,it is find that this thought contains simple people-oriented thinking.And this simple thinking is fit for Marxism's view of not national institution creative people but the other way around.In the next,it talks about benevolent governance idea and its development in history.Analyzing Mencius' pursue on how to promote people's living standard and its later influence.Different from the concept of divine right of Kings,Mencius raised people's social status and pointed out that the right of King comes from heaven from the surface but it is derived from the people in essence.It is reflects that Mencius paid attention on land through the system of distributing land to the people and let people have their own property.The using of pushing grace in benevolent governance expressed Mencius expect to rulers.It attaches great importance to vulnerable groups by lightening punishment and tax,while fining farming wishes to raise people's living standard after solving the problem of food and clothing.Then,teaching people social etiquette in order to improve overall quality.The benevolent governance realized the importance of developing production for the reason that it could promote social progress and raise people's living standards.Also the rulers gain their right through people's struggle.It contains simple materialism from the point of understanding people's part in socials' development and stable.Later,this paper researches Mencius' King thought and its development in history.As his pursue on ideal country,Mencius King thought distinguishes the difference between King thought and bullying.According to Marxism,there are three models in social development.Obviously,Mencius lived in the first stage.His King thought reflects its deep insight into society through discussing how to develop society and rule country and has the factor of democracy.It is the outstanding features that Marxism has the ability of critical spirit.On the process of critical inheritance for Mencius' people-oriented thought under the view of historical materialism,it is discovered that his thought of valuing the people and the monarch affirms people's part in one countries' rise and fall.This thought has the germ of materialism for it raise people's status above rulers and contains the original idea of civil rights.However,it is not get rid of the class foundation of monarch standard.The benevolent governance explores methods of adding people's income and promote social production.Beside this,it also research the ways of how to educate people and wish to consolidate social stability by improving the quality of the people,expresses simple thinking on people's livelihood.But the disadvantage of this thought is that it ignores people have the real right in state while fantasy sovereign's awakening.About King thought,the perfections are that it calls monarch to apply benevolent governance to govern the country.And it realized the contradiction among people and rulers,claims teaching people to avoid social crisis and keep the whole society more stable.The insufficient of this thought is it do not have enough attention for the rulers cared how to enlarge their land more.So there's no corresponding systems and laws to ensure its practice and shows the ideal thought of weight people.In recent times,during the period from Old Democratic Revolution,New Democratic Revolution,and socialist construction,it is clearly to find the critical inheritance from Mencius' people-oriented thought.In the time of Old Democratic Revolution,Sun Yat-sen absorbed its beneficial ingredient and formed New Three Principles of the People.In the period of New Democratic Revolution,the advanced intellectuals such as Li Dazhao,Chen Duxiu and so on assimilated its positive factors.In the process of socialist construction,all of the embodiment of the position of people as masters of the country,the depth of Mass line,and the practice of people-centered thought indicate the inheritance and development from its beneficial aspects.All of this shows Mencius' people-oriented thought's dynamic activities with the development of society.In new era,during the course of Chinese nations' great revival,we should search positive factors from traditional culture and get rid of its negatives.Through the analysis of social background between the Warring States period and new era,it is find that Mencius' thought of people are more important than the ruler sheds light on the aspects of people foremost and govern for the people.The policy of benevolence has the positive meaning in the ways of targeted poverty alleviation,education and rejuvenating the country,the improvement of the social security system,and protection of the ecological environment and so on.The King thought has active effects in the areas of respecting talent and making use of ability,cleaning government and loving people,carrying on the core values of socialism and how to deal with the complicated international relations.In modern times,when we review Mencius' people-oriented thought,we could deeply appreciate Xi Jinping's people-centered thought and its inheritance and development from traditional people-oriented thought.