Modern Interpretation Of The Confucian Virtues

Taking rule of virtue as the feudalist society governing thought, China had once created much more material progress and cultural progress than the west. But since the modern times, the limitation of the thought had exposed gradually, which had been criticized heaveily after the May 4^th campaignIn the 21 centuries, the limitation of the modern industry civilization made people begin to rethink the tradition ,which had been regarded as one of the most thoughts again in society.In the process of Chinese characteristics socialist construction, it's significant to borrow the experiences of the tradition, make the law and morality together . Starting from the morality ,the book inspected effect of the morality in the traditional society, discusseing significance of the morality in modern society.There are five parts in the book, Part I discussed the philosophy basis of the Confucian's thought. The thought of making human and nature as the whole one is the source of the thought, that nature of kind is the basis of the Confucian's thought, by which the Confucian has structured the theory system. This is the most import body of a book which must discussed first.Part II has discussed the Confucian thought's political ideal and the controlling principle , the learning both sound in theory and practice is the ideal, which help Chinese feudalist society realize prefectly government by making the laws and morality together as the controlling principal.Part III discussed practical approaches of the Confucian thought, which making human better, it's has a distinct characteristic , which helps it realize the responsibility that morality civilizition, it's important to enpure morality Chinese tradition society.Part IV's main content is how to structuring the Harmony society. Ideal of Great Harmony society holds important position in entire ideological system of the Confucian, which is both the purpose and source of constructing the virtue society.Part V has summed up the development of Confucian thought, which is admited by the ralling class and took it as the rulling thought for its historial effect.The last part is the most practical part of the book , In this part, it discusses the practical significance of building harmonious society, we must make the law and morality as whole, toadmitting the goods tradition.Governing with law and morality is essential to structure the harmonious socialism.