A Brief Analysis Of Mencius's Thought Of Political Ethics

During Pre-Chin Dynasty, extremely rich political theories and ethical theories loomed up, and they fused together, which has formed one unique and well-established view of ethical politics. In adjusting ruling class interior relations,governing the country well and giving people a sense of security,maintaining the feudal despotic system and the social order, the view of ethical politics played the extremely important role.Confucianist thought was typically characterized as a merge of ethical spirit and political system. Mencius is one of the outstanding representatives. This article carries on to combs and analysis of the Mencius's thought of political ethics. The whole text is divided into seven parts: the philosophy foundation of thought of Mencius's political ethics - theory of " human nature is good"; Mencius's thought on the relations of political ethics; the core of Mencius's political ethics-benevolence; Mencius's ideas of political ethics; Mencius's political ethical view of social practice; the ideal of Mencius's political ethics; the practical significance of Mencius's political ethics, and the way to interpret Mencius's political ethics.This article intends to inspect the history of the political ethics, and understand the gist of Mencius's political ethics thought based on the investigation on Chinese national condition and social phenomena. Mencius's thought has the enormous foresightedness, Mencius's thought is profound, in advance, so he becomes an outstanding representatives at that time when he lived, and his thought is far beyond the peers. We can further his thought and make use of it in our great socialism practice, Citizen's moral quality construction, the practice of humanism, scientific development view, and the construction of socialism harmonious society.