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Research On The Confucius' Thought Of Humanity

Posted on:2006-02-20Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X ZouFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360182469611Subject:Chinese philosophy
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Starting from the relation of men and gods from yin dynasty and Zhou dynasty to spring and autumn, This paper analyze the long gradual progress course about the relation of men and gods from yin dynasty and Zhou dynasty to spring and autumn before the Confucius 'thought of humanity have been established.This paper divides this course into three stages:Namely the "the spirit was the most revered and respected "stage in yin dynasty; "the relation of men and gods was complementary"stage in west Zhou dynasty; "people prominent "stage in later spring and autumn r period. In yin dynasty and Zhou dynasty, at the relation between spirit and people, mankind have a long ,difficult and arduous course that is found oneself from "hiding"to "appearing", from "having no entity"to "having entity", People's self-discovery offered deep thought resources and theoretical foundation to Confucius ' thought of humanity ' forming and development,Confucius ' thought of humanity established was the Inevitable outcome of the course from " the spirit was the most revered and respected " stage in yin dynasty to " people prominent " stage. From then on, Chinese culture begins its long and long growth development course. The focal point of this text lies in discussing how Confucius realizes the transformation from religion to ethics , establish the system of humanity with abundant humanism intension ,in this paper , Confucius' thought of humanity' establishment has gone through three pieces of course; Firstly, Confucius thought the transformation of traditional ghosts and gods ,complete the course from primitive religion to ethics; Secondly, Confucius through removing the traditional " Germany " and "Etiquette ",established the idea of the system of humanity ; thirdly , Confucius established a system of humanity which Including abundant content. As the founder of Confucianism, the glamour of Confucius' theory lies in the spiritual moulding of morals taking " humanity " as the core, it has a extensive and far-reaching impact on cultural tradition in Chinese. In contemporary society, the high-speed development of the science and technology and economy makes the mankind face the enormous challenge. The old value system has already fallen into the predicament , the new value system has not been produced yet, in this case, the eternal meaning part in Confucius' thought of humanity undoubtedly has important value to the contemporary society.
Keywords/Search Tags:Confucius, Humanity, Destiny, Morals
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