The Research On The Social Constructive Thoughts Of Three "Su"

The ideology of our Chinese social construction has been arousing great concern of the academe. Under the background that the tendency of the social reformation have been strengthened, with the improvement of the intellects' status, the promotion of the subjectival consciousness of the "corporative administration", the flourishing of the social economy, the domestic worries and oversea troubles of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the overwhelming social responsibility and historical sense of mission in literary intelligentsia stimulated by the rejuvenation of Confucianism, the social constructive thoughts of the three "Su" sprout out immediately. Regarding the construction of the basic unit of social organization as the inserting point to promote the social construction, Suxun initiated a signal of "receiving the race" by revising the genealogy secretly, and then strengthened the stability of patriarchal clan by confirming and revealing his ancestor clearly, standardizing and solidifying sacrificial etiquette and so on. He also paid attention to educate the clansmen the basic of clan law in order to stable the essential social order of units. Under the guidance of the governing ideas of the traditional Confucian thought—"Morality as the major while penalty as the auxiliary", the three "Su" were preaching the governing by ritual, emphasizing morals and directional customs, making good use of laws, using both positive and negative means to control, combining force with mercy and utilizing in synthesis. Under the influence of the traditional Confucian ideal thoughts of society—"Great Harmony" and "Well-off", the three "Su" emphasized the conformity over and over and debugged each kind of social relations, drawing an ideal future of the ruling class, the civil administration, and the domestic or military situations, which could be feature by bright politics, stable life of common people, strong military power, territorial independence and powerful national strength. Compared with the literary intelligentsia's social constructive thought of the same dynasty, the social constructive thought of three "Su" was innovational, steady and synthetical. It also played a positive role in promoting the recuperating social relations and in reconstructing the order of Northern Song Dynasty, which possessed great pioneering and practical value on constructing a harmonious society nowadays.