A Comparative Study On The Educational Thought Of Confucian And Mohist Values In The Pre-Qin Period

Chinese traditional culture has a long history.Its soul and essence are Chinese traditional virtues.The traditional Chinese virtues,with values as the core and values education as the bridge and link,embody,inherit and extend the deepest spiritual pursuit of the Chinese nation and provide rich spiritual nourishment for its long-term and stable development.The multicultural coexistence created by the school of Confucian,Mohist,Taoist,Legalist and Logician in the Pre-Qin period enabled them to ponder and practice the education of values from their respective standpoints in the historical process of the formation of Chinese values and Chinese traditional virtues.At the same time,during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period,the Pre-Qin philosophers showed the sense of highly historical responsibility in the face of great changes of China’s social,political,economic,cultural and other fields,challenged by “The collapse of etiquette and music”,the disorder of ethics,the collapse of traditional educational values,and the impact of the historical reality,as well as deeply reflected the values education and reconstructed the values with unremitting pursuit and efforts to open,shaping the lofty realm of Chinese spiritual pursuit without any precedent.In this process,the thinking and practice of Confucianism and Mohism on values,especially on the education of values,have a profound influence on later generations.The thought and practice of values education of them were the important driving force for Chinese values education to transform from the natural state to the state of self-consciousness.It was in the Pre-Qin period that the education of Chinese national values founded and shaped.In the Pre-Qin period,the representatives of Confucianism and Mohism always paid close attention to people’s spiritual world in their respective research fields.Their thoughts of values education not only collided with each other,but also absorbed and merged with each other,jointly constructing the Chinese values system,and shaping the Chinese values through values education,has affected the Chinese people’s spiritual pursuit,the mode of thinking and life style.The education of Confucian and Mohist values in the pre-qin period contained rich educational thoughts and practical resources of values.However,from the current academic research,the study of the pre-qin Confucian and Mohist values education needs to be carried out and deepened,and the comparative study of values education of two great schools needs to be discussed in depth.Based on this,this paper compares the educational values of Confucianism and Mohism in the pre-qin period,through the research methods of literature,history and comparison,etc.,on the origin and development of the educational thought of the two great schools in Confucianism and Mohism and its relationship with social change.This paper also makes a comparative analysis of evolution of each educational thoughts,as well as the similarities and differences of the educational goals,contents,principles and methods between them,then summarizes the basic characteristics,formation rule,historical influence and modern value of the pre-qin Confucian and Mohist values education.This research view and content also reflect the innovative significance of this paper.The practical and theoretical significance of this study lies in:First,it is conducive to provide rich historical resources for the implementation of the directive spirit of “Chinese should earnestly absorb the ideological and moral essence of China’s fine traditional culture,vigorously promote the national spirit with patriotism as the core and the spirit of the times with reform and innovation as the core,and deeply explore and elucidate the contemporary values of China’s fine traditional culture,which stresses benevolence,cherishing the people as the foundation,abide by integrity,upholding justice,advocating harmony and cooperation,and seeking common ground,so as to make China’s fine traditional culture an important source of socialist core values” stressed by General Secretary Xi Jinping Second,it is beneficial to take history as a mirror,absorb the nourishment of the values education thought in the Chinese traditional culture,then provide reference for enriching the content of the socialism core values education and innovating the method of the values education.Third,it is helpful to provide rich historical material for the research of China’s values education theory,and accelerate the in-depth research and innovation.This paper mainly consists of the following parts:The first part puts forward the value education thought by studying how the two prominent Confucianism and Mohism responded to the call of the times in the pre-Qin period,and explores the core factors affecting the emergence and development of the value education thought and its interactive relationship with the times.The second part analyzes the development and evolution process of Confucian and Mohist values education thought,and summarizes the main characteristics of the development and evolution of Confucian and Mohist values education thought Based on the comparative analysis of the development and evolution of Mohist values education thought,this paper reveals the basic law of the development and evolution of values education thought.The third part,through the comparative analysis of the objectives and contents of the two prominent values education of Confucianism and Mohism in the pre-Qin period,finds the essential characteristics of the two prominent values education of Confucianism and Mohism in the pre-Qin period,in order to provide historical reference and reference for the construction of the ideological system of Chinese values education,the further clarification of the objectives of values education,the enrichment and innovative development of the content.The fourth part,through the comparative analysis of the two prominent values education principles and methods of Confucianism and Mohism in the pre-Qin period,excavates the profound connotation of the values education principles and methods in the Confucianism and Mohism values education thought,and then excavates the modern value of the values education principles and methods in ancient China,in order to provide the construction of the current Chinese values education ideological system,In particular,it provides reference for the innovation of values education principles and methods.The fifth part summarizes the modern value of the Pre-Qin Confucian and Mohist values education thought by comparing the historical influence of the two Pre-Qin Confucian and Mohist values education thought,and reveals the Enlightenment of the two Pre-Qin Confucian and Mohist values education thought to today’s values education,which will help to provide historical resources and theoretical support for the innovative development of today’s values education.The conclusion part reveals the basic laws and main experience of the formation and development of the two values education thoughts of Confucianism and Mohism from the comparative study of the two prominent values education thoughts of Confucianism and Mohism in the pre-Qin period,so as to provide historical resources and theoretical support for the innovative development of today’s values education thoughts.It is found that the sense of mission and keen problem consciousness of scholars and politicians,as well as the theoretical research and practical exploration around the reconstruction of values and values education,are an important path for the continuous enrichment and development of values education thought in the pre-Qin period,and also provide important historical experience for the theoretical innovation,ideological innovation and practical innovation of values education in China;The innovation of the values education principles and methods of Confucianism and Mohism in the pre-Qin period is an important treasure of the values education thought in ancient China.The principles and methods of "ringing without knocking" and active teaching are of great practical significance to promote the creative development of the current socialist core values education;From the comparison of the development process of Confucian and Mohist values education,it can be found that the implementation of values education needs the support of the system.Without the support of the system,values education will be inefficient or even powerless.This also points out the direction for continuously strengthening and improving the system construction in the current value education practice.