On Confucius' History Conceptions And Historical Consciousness

Confucius lives in an era which is collapsed at the"bad"times. It mainly embodies that social systems have been seriously damaged and Zhou emperor lost the status of the world. Confucius actively throws himself into visiting many countries, lobbying the nobilities and propagating his political views for the sake of harmonious social. But ultimately"words nothing , road not". Confucius will be acting as a culture heritage and be fully absorbed in recorgnizing, preserving and explaining the historical documents. In the meanwhile, he consciously coment on history. All these reflects the history conceptions and historical consciousness of Confucius. He sums up standard and principles about the evaluation of historical figures and puts forward some opposite concepts, such as ancient and morden times; rules and no rules; diction and contents and so on. On the ground of thinkings, Confucius analyzes and generalizes the changing of history. In addition, he also attaches importance to LiYue System and Customs.Confucius concentrates his attention on constantly learning, not only for the knowledge, but by the use of summing up historical knowledge to rescue"bad"times. At that time, history as a subject is unclear, but we can deep feel profound historical standpoints of Confucius. It is because he has a sincere concern to the humanities, and attaches importance to the continuous of the historical evolution.