The Research Of Political Ethics Thought Of Confucianism

In 1993, a set of chu bamboo slips in the Warring States Period was excavated in the Guodian village of Jingmen, Hubei. After putting in order, the expert confirms that it has more than ten of the Confucianism ancient works of zishi thought school , which has already lost. It includes early Confucians' human nature theory, kindheartedness and righteousness thought, morals training theory, and the doctrines of administer the country promoted by the Confucianism. The chu bamboo slips have shown its abundant political ethics thought.The foundation of key thought of the Confucians political ethics of chu bamboo slips is about nature and man view. It includes the heaven doctrines, human nature and disposition theory. The heaven doctrine clarifies the view that the nature and man are primarily divided and that the nature and man are united as one. The view that nature and man are divided mutually emphasizes the nature and man. It stresses on the each having the cent of its independent job. Because the factor of the nature affecting person's destiny, so "know heaven does, knows people do, then know the doctrines, know the doctrines then know person's destiny". People must make sure "after examining the difference between heaven and man, man knowing what to do". The view of the nature and man unites as one emphasizes people and heaven communicating in moral character and the heart and in moral character and the heart unites as one. Theory of human nature make " joy, anger, grief, sad " as human nature and talk about the nature with the feeling, because "the doctrines beginning with affection, affection coming from nature. The beginning is close to affection, the end is nearly justice". The response of the affection has plasticity, so through the education with manners and music, people can become kind. It is disposition theory through "body and mind if one", "lead with will affection the angry", "intentions raising", "ask heart", "dear feeling", for political ethics core of thought its being "in the benevolence outside the justice" and morals training theory offer the basis.The core of the Confucians' political ethics thought of chu bamboo slips is "outside justice in the benevolence". Benevolence evolves from the subject; justice evolves from the external things of subject. Benevolence has decisive actions tomanners and justice as a kind of inherent moral integrity. The difference carried on to kindheartedness and righteousness, his final meaning lies in announcing the relation between two kinds of morals concepts, prove people through morals completion, training of course, must turn the inside emotion into the external behavior, and the transformation course certainly will make inside emotion of people accord with the object thing should, make benevolence receive the norm of justice, could reach the morals in the complete border.The application in practice of the political ethics thought of the Confucians of chu bamboo slips reflects in the theory of rule of virtue and morals training theory. Among rule of virtue theory, chu bamboo slips propose justice, loyal, intelligently, faith, holy, benevolence six moral to ruler while being simple, stress the characteristic that the Confucians run a country with ethics. The ethics to the ruler requires it is the faithful and honest doctrines, has inherited the thought of Confucius' rule of virtue. Propose way and slip choosing the right person on "expensive their virtuous" of the monarch and his subjects of "the monarch and his subjects, friend select too altogether" at the same time. Transfer to political rights mode abdicate and hand over the crown to another person heavy to add sure , think "Tangyu's doctrines, deep meditation without specially; King of Yao and Shun, the profit all over the world but." among morals training theory, chu bamboo slips put forward " bank up nature and breeding affection with manners and music". The man must cultivate one's moral character and build the heart and body to reach the heart definitely. At the same time man should be trained inside and outside wanting, rectified heart and body each other, and reach the sage's realm by education and self-training."Guodian chu bamboo slips" play a bridge as a link role between Kongzi and Mengzi. Song-Ming Neo-Confucianism disposition and three cardinal theories can be traced back to the Confucians political ethics thought of Guodian chu bamboo slips. At the same time, "Guodian chu bamboo slips" political ethics has some enlightenment to implement scientific development view and administer the country with morality and citizen's morals training.