Value Of Mencius Defined Ideological Ethics

Mencius has played critical role in the evolution of the Confucianism: During the period which the academic was almost governed by "Yangzhu , Modi ". Mencius has defended and developed Confucianism with especial ways. Differencing with the《Analects of Confucius》, the《Mencius》is not only a book of quotations body form's, but concludes long or short articles. A lot of paragraphs could be looked as honesty commentary and elucidation to the ideas which had been briefly noted in《Analects of Confucius》. In the process of discussion among many academic schools, Mencius' articles played critical role to the thriving and development of Confucianism. He made the basis for the Confucianism which became the main thought in the society, and Mencius ranked second in the arrays of the four sages in ancient china, they were Confucius,Mencius,Yanhui,Zengzi. It shows the respect and worships which descendants direct on Mencius. However, at the same time, the fight which the. latter denied or attacked the thought of Mencius was never eased. Mencius was glorious for the time he lived, and he was disserted by people in a pretty long time after his death, until Tang Dynasty Han Yu who constituted "Confucianism system" and took of Mencius as the genius heir of Confucianism. Ever since, the classic writes of Confucianism were arranged by Zhuxi, listed《Mencius》in them. After his death, Mencius who posed himself as the orthodox of Confucianism was accepted by people as the genius heir in the final.Any thinker's thought includes many parts, which would be link up with a core idea, and as a whole the theory has logical rationality and compatibility. Self-contradictory of the theory usually originate from unconsciousness of the thinker. As Confucius said: " my thought links up by a core idea". Zengzi understood the "the core idea" as "faithfulness and lenient". Mencius took himself as the formal heir of Confucianism. The theory of Mencius is that the maim thought of Confucius which understood in Mencius' way. It resulted in "gains and loses" or "development and discarding to the thought of Confucius. He accepted and developed the "RenYi" thought of Confucius. Regardless of the reason of the choice in cognition, or the need of practice, Mencius raised the "RenYi" login highly all along. He spread the ethics spirit of Confucianism, created the idea of goodness of human nature, and proclaimed the theory of "cultivate Qi", and illuminated the relation between justice and benefit. In the course of practice and argument with Yangzhu Modi, he constituted the self-complacent ethics system.Since the Han dynasty, more than two thousand years' Feudalist society history, it was leaved deep affection of Confucius and Mencius. As the benevolent rule of politics, taking seriously of agriculture and lighting manufacture and business, and emphasizing Confucianism in culture, etc. The theory of Confucius and Mencius, its affection was long and deep to the life of every aspects of the society in history. With the development of history, people saw that the develop trend of Confucianism was reactionary. As an ideological form, it was serving Feudal landlord class, and became a tool binding up and confining the people's thought. So as we held the political revolution, meanwhile we criticized the Confucianism. We criticized Confucianism culture completely and denied it at all. The history would return the thing finally with its original appearance. People's correct cognition to the nature of a thing is a fluctuated course. Now we recognize that Confucianism culture whose birth, being and development had its reasonableness. Now days, Confucianism as a kind of culture still has its value that can be drawn lessons from.