The Research Of The Pre-qin Confucian Self-discipline Of Moral Thinking

In traditional Chinese culture, the special significance and the prominent position of Pre-Qin Confucian Moral Thought is particularly eye-catching. Pre-Qin Confucian moral thinking is taking shape of traditional Chinese ethical culture and an important stage to maturity. The self-discipline of moral thinking is the essence of Confucian moral system, and reflects the special historical background for the spring and autumn and the warring states period. On the basis of human nature, not only Pre-Qin Confucian theory pays attention to giving play to people's initiative and to achieving external "Li" in internalization, to make the self-discipline of moral thinking more rich and thick under the support of the theory "benevolence", but also contains important contents including the path of achieving moral self-discipline, having a certain practical operability, which will undoubtedly have some reference value for the address contemporary ethical issues.This paper systematically examines the historical background and the basis of human nature of the pre-Qin Confucian self-discipline of moral thinking. Based on the correct positioning of the pre-Qin Confucian self-discipline of moral thinking, I discussed the implementation and the goal-oriented path achieving the pre-Qin Confucian moral thinking, and then mining its contemporary significance of reference for the building of socialist morality.The first mainly discusses the formation of the pre-Qin Confucian self-discipline of moral thinking. Based on the reality of social conditions in particular of the Spring and Autumn and the warring states period, the economic base, political, and cultural background, which are the basis of three aspects of the pre-Qin Confucian self-discipline of moral thinking, are traced as the social and historical background of its formation. Otherwise, its moral self-formation of the theoretical source of ideas is explored, revealing the base of the human nature idea that can be generated.The second part uses the general principle of moral self-discipline to locate the pre-Qin Confucian self-discipline of moral thinking, and analyze generally the basic characteristics of the pre-Qin Confucian self-discipline of moral thinking. As the achieving objective mechanism to Confucian moral system, its moral self-discipline thinking is a kind of literal sense of moral regression. As "saints" and the "gentleman" as the target paradigm, Pre-Qin Confucianism Proposed ways to achieve moral self-discipline, laying a solid theoretical foundation for future generations of moral theory with distinct characteristics.We must use the historical dialectics in a rational manner to look at the pre-Qin Confucian self-discipline of moral thinking and carry out an objective assessment. The pre-Qin Confucian self-discipline of moral thinking has played a catalytic role in improving self-initiative of moral self-cultivation and the formation of sound moral character. However, due to historical and class limitations, the pre-Qin Confucian self-discipline of moral thinking had some negative impact on the Chinese society with the inevitable limitations. The articles assess the positive and negative aspects of the historical value of the pre-Qin Confucian self-discipline of moral thinking, mainly from the subject and the operating mechanism. Only taking the essence and discarding the dregs, it will truly play a useful role in guiding modern society.The third part starts the summary of the modern enlightenment of the pre-Qin Confucian self-discipline of moral thinking. The research and assessment on the content and ideological idea of the pre-Qin Confucian self-discipline of moral thinking can be able to produce inspiration in the building of the modern social ethics and human moral self-discipline. The revelation could help people to establish the moral self-regulatory mechanism in line with ideal of moral personality to meet new challenges in moral self-discipline raised by of the transition era.