Research Of Charity Culture Reconstruction In China

The philanthropy is referred to as "society's third assignment" by the economist, it has shouldered more responsibilities in China especially, because of its not so mature social security system and worsening income gap day by day. But the truth is that, our country is still at its initial stage when it comes to philanthropy, due to lack of participation from general public and lack of the corresponding charitable culture. This article analyzes American and the Chinese charitable culture, and set the path raises appears stage China to strengthen the charitablecultural reconstruction the mentality. The full text altogetherdivides four parts:First part: Explained the culture, the charitable culture and arecharitable, the philanthropy meaning, the charitable culture and thephilanthropy mutually depend on for existence, mutually promotesrelations.Second part: Elaborated the American charitable culture and thephilanthropy present situation, analyze the American charitableculture the origin and the characteristic. The work for the public good is a need morals strut universal socialenterprise, each ethics values or the social morals pursue, all wasdeciding the work for the public good different value orientation, isdeciding this social public welfare system nature and its therealization way. The western culture is (ancient Greek Rome time city-state communityspirit) becomes by two big historical traditions namely ancient GreeceRome tradition with the Christianity tradition fusion; Carnegie "thescience is charitable" idea to modern US charitable culture andphilanthropy profound influence.Third part: Analyzes the Chinese tradition charitable culture, themodern charitable culture, the modern charitable culturecharacteristic. Although the charitable word will be Buddhism spreads to China lateronly then to use, but was equal to the charitable thought and theculture already already appears in China. In China's traditionalculture is containing the rich public welfare charitable thought. Since has had the Western Zhou Dynasty the people this principlethought; Confucianist's benevolence thought benefits his mood and theDatong thought universal love benefits him; Buddhism kind ispessimistic and the retributive justice does good deeds accumulatesmisdeeds said; Taoism reveres a guide the public welfare etbicsthought and the Taoism cultivates virtue in order to become animmortal benefits his public welfare ethics thought. In the China traditional culture lacks one kind of public spirit, thisto the modern public utility influence is profound. As a result of thespecial time background, the modern public welfare philanthropy deeplydeeply has gotten the time brand mark which saves the nation fromsubjugation, the modern public welfare philanthropy the nationalpromotion and the country prosperous and powerful historical missionwhich plans to be stronger with saving the nation from subjugationclosely unifies in together. In today world, charitable activities went through a modernized process, had hadglorious charitable traditional in some in the country or the culturalbody, charitabley from the idea to the practice, all has had the profound change. Compares with the American society developedcharitable culture, the our country populace's charitable idea quiteis also frail, now China charitabley lacks the modern culture. For example: Idea backwardness, the charitable consciousness popularrate are low; Lacks correct wealth view; The administration hascharitabley limited the social charitable ecology and the cultural development; The economy not developed limits the charitable culturalgrowth; In China's traditional culture citizen consciousness andsocial public consciousness flaw, hindrance charitable culturemodernization and so on.Fourth part: Proposes the our country charitable culturalreconstruction certain mentalities: Strengthens the charitableeducation to mold with the culture fosters; Enhances the privateproperty from the system and the ideology the legitimate degree andthe security; Vigorously develops must seeks to make a profit thedepartment; Strengthens the community charitable construction, thecultivation company is charitable, cultivation charitable culture; Theconsummation is charitable "the repayment" the mechanism.