Study On The Moral Education Thought Of Xun Zi And Its Modernity

What the correlation is the enlightenment or "adult" thought of Xun zi with modern citizen education? The person in the eyes of xun zi is saints, nobleman and social elite, which seemingly is not relationship with present citizenship education. Actually in a certain sense, the elite education of Confucian is approach to present citizenship education. Ancient elites is similar to modern citizens. In this sense the "adult" education thought of xun zi is relevance to modern citizenship education.The goal of Confucian is to cultivate and improve people for the purpose, which is the typical "adult" education thought. "Adult" education is one of the socialization process that Man's nature constantly adapt to the requirements of social norms and becoming social people. Therefore, how to cultivate the personality that adapt to the requirements of social norms become the theme of xun zi's thought. In this sense, Xun zi's "adult" education thought has obvious modernity. The research about xun zi have focus on the content of xun zi's education thought. So the research have pay less attention to the methodological significance about the problem. Excessive attention historical significance of xun zi's "adult" thought, less attention to the modernity of xun zi "adult" education ideas.The construction of xun zi's "adult" education ideas system have its exceptional. He based on nature and people, society and the human being, heart and thought does the theoretical exploration about personality education from the aspects of target seeker, exemplary role, social harmony. The system of personality education about Xun zi is cultivate the human nature as the target guidance, the teacher's exemplary role plus the edification of the environment and the co-using education and punishment which also reached harmonious society of xun zi's ideal.From ancient gentleman cultivate to contemporary citizen education, from ancient teacher and saints to contemporary model education, from ancient environmental cultivate to contemporary surrounding education, Xun zi's "adult" education has the certain of modernity for reference. Xun zi based on the theory of human nature and social political ideal proposed the "adult" education ideology which has the reference to the methodology to the innovation on contemporary ideological and political education and research in the political socialization. Actually, xun zi enlightenment thoughts have entered into the traditional Confucian, and influence the contemporary Chinese citizen education as the form of" little tradition". Xun zi has pay attention to the etiquette and order which has much more correspondence in the citizen education under the background of legal society. Xun zi's enlightenment have the important reference value to the modern citizen education and ideological and political education.