Confucius And Mencius' Virtuous Rule Thought And Its Modern Value Contents

The virtuous rule thought is the most important component of Confucius and Mencius academic ideology , the pondered of Confucius and Mencius philosophy always relates with its virtuous rule thought. The Confucius and Mencius philosophy is the political ethics philosophy with the richest Chinese philosophy characteristic . In Chinese traditional culture dictionary, it is no doubt that the Confucianism ,in particular,Confucius and Mencius' virtuous rule theory is an entry with the most richness and control characteristic . As one positive governing plan, the Confucius and Mencius virtuous rule thought had been keeping harmony and united with the political superstructure to the highest degree from the beginning. The reason why the huge China feudal organism could stably continue for over2000 years from the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period lies in the Confucius and Mencius virtuous rule which had displayed the biggest function at least on the ideology factor construction link.The Confucianists' virtuous rule thought formed the scale in the Confucius and Mencius time, however, the embryo of the Chinese tradition virtuous rule thought may actually trace back to the three -king time:Yao ,Shun and Yu . The formation of Confucius and Mencius virtuous rule thought's was associated with both the affects of the former society's mainstream thought and the request of the social condition and development in reality ,so the formation had the profound historical origins and the realistic foundations, such as the Traditional inheritance development of the Blood relationship patriarchal system which was the social culture soil of the produce of the Confucius and Mencius virtuous rule thought ; the success of TangWu Revolution which provided the profound enlightenment for the formation ;and the social reality of the ritual collapses and frequent wars which became the direct stimulating factor .The philosophical foundations of Confucius and Mencius virtuous rule theory are the "nature and man being united"thought which provides the ontological base, the human morals grades for the reality launches of the Confucius and Mencius virtuous rule theory which gives it space to develop,and the human nature theory which offers the logical beginning for its formation. Confucius and Mencius virtuous rule thought mainly contains Confucius' "politics by moral" and Mencius' theory about the virtuous rule that "wins popular support with kindness" "the kind politics" ,covering other elementary elements such as the moral enlightenment, correcting persons by behavior, people being expensive and king light, making people produce respecting virtuous behavior and valuing education .Among these ,being based on people and the kind political theory have the reasonable essence, showing the significant historical influence for a long period of time. But the proposition that "the virtuous rule extends the rule by people" also indicates that Confucius and Mencius virtuous rule thought has the intrinsic flaw from the beginning. Under the new historical condition, we should root in the new social culture soil, develop the good and discard the bad;besides we should unearth the profits from the positive elenent of Confucius and Mencius virtuous rule thought to build the social personnel system ,to develop citizens'morality and to rise a new social structure.And this is a significant historical topic which we should face positively.