The Benevolence Thought Of Pre-Qin Confucianism And Its Value

The Pre-Qin is a transition period, The productive forces greatly develops and the capacity relates convert from the slave system toward the feudalism system on the economies; On the politics, Zhou Royal's strength is wane, but the seigneur's power are expands, successive years hegemony fighting cause the people hard to live on. Under the circumstances, the thought which decided by economic also changed by all means, Zhou li has already lost it action on standardize people thought and behavior. Allow for this social condition, Confucius established a thought system which focused on benevolence, purpose to harmony the interpersonal relationship. The Confucius is the founder of Pre-Qin Confucianism,benevolence is the nucleus of his theory system and the root of ethics theory, too. What is the content of benevolence? The Confucius doesn't have an explicit definition, but, the history of thought mostly united standpoint: benevolence is love. The first meaning of benevolence is the abstract of the parents and children's love that is based on patriarchy and blood system. Benevolence loves your kith. But benevolence not only means love your kith but also means love everybody. Everybody here not only points nobility, also including civilian, even slaves. Confucius' benevolence thought isn't only inheriting the past people, Loyalty and Reciprocity as a new conception is a development of benevolence. The method in practicing benevolence, The Confucianism accentuates combines benevolence and rites, So-called"the self-restraint complex rite is benevolence."Achieving the ideal social mode of combines benevolence and rites, those have to depend on high ideals making unremittingly endeavor. In Confucius theory, the high ideals is "gentleman" who have ideal character, only the gentleman can carry out his social ethics mode, Changing"the world has no Tao"to"the world has a Tao."So, The Confucianism accentuate character Cultivation, also self-education.On more than 2000 years history,The Confucianism expressed tremendous adapting ability and stubborn vitality,and have positive meaning to prompting and cultivate elitist. Be advantageous to becoming Chinese nation ethos and citizen's personality. also become the spirit strength which can harmonize relationship,improve social custom and maintenance social order. But this tradition thought also existence limitation that emphasize individual morals accomplishment but neglect the outside morals controls. Both an perfect individual moral and a national morals promotes, need emphasize the necessity of morals accomplishment. But the Confucianism ethics thought amid hope to Humanize and Li. Considering the morals is highest, neglected the important of outside morals. Under the feudal hierarchy, benevolence have the difference of poor or rich, so, the hierarchical morals principle, neglected the personality, also neglect individual worth, that request individual obey community, couldn't show ego and achieve ego in the community. In this way, taking no account of the individual worth has tremendous negative effect on individual independence,wisdom and ability。In contemporary, the benevolence thought of Pre-Qin Confucianism still have its value. Our country in transform time, the society appeared a series of ethics question: money worship rise, the individualism extremely expands. The bottom line ethics faces hazard, people's shame downplays, social ethics consciousness is cool, and various bad custom overflows. Just because of the reasons mentioned below: Firstly, with the development of socialism market economy, the authority and rationality of morals suffer a challenge. Secondly, on the time of community transforms, the original morals system breaks up, but the new morals system is still dysfunctional. Lastly, the traditional morals educates exist maladies. Rebuilding morals system, we require draws the section of essence from traditional culture. The Confucianism social ethics have included positive factor on harmonious spirit and many specifications for behaviors and dealing with affairs, and have reference meaning on forming civilized social values, promoting harmonious relationship. The benevolence is advantageous to construct the professional ethics, without deceit and excelsior by Confucianism still have important worth today. Besides, The Confucianism family virtues have significance on promoting family harmonious; cultivating individual morals quality, forming better social values and deepen the mankind's understanding to the family, as yet, still have important theory and realistic meaning.