Yuefei And Chinese Traditional Confucianism

In the thousands of years’development of Chinese history. Yuefei can be described as an outstanding hero. The noble sentiments that his thoughts reflected have been beloved by the entire Chinese nation, and as the backbone of the Chinese nation, he exists more deeply in various stages of history, having an important influence on the whole society. Observing the thought of Yuefei not only can deepen the study of Yuefei, know the noble ideas of a national hero, but also have a positive historical reference for the construction of the socialist core value system and the prosperity of socialist spiritual civilization.Yuefei was born in the period of North and South Song Dynasty, and the combination of many factors formed Confucianism,making the study of original Yuefei’s thoughs need to consider all its aspects,so this article departures from the overall situation of the society, dividing the source of Yuefei’s thoughts into a number of small parts to be discussed:the first is family reasons, including the traditional Song Dynasty family education and Yue fei’s parents’thought; the second is social reasons, including the impact of the social situation and historical figures; the third is that Yuefei own absorbs and digests Confucianism. This article will get the source of Yuefei’s Confucian ideas from this three respects.After exploring the source of Yuefei’s thoughts, the article will continue to state how the Confucianism is reflected by Yuefei. The time ranges from Yuefei joining the army to his death, which also includes several aspects:firstly, as a general, his thoughts have been reflected by his marching and fighting; secondly, as a official of South Song Dynasty, the values and ethics of his thinking have a great impact on his communication with his colleagues; finally, as the master of the family. Confucianism also affects the trivials in the life, among which are how Confucianism lets Yuefei die. This article will discourse from the above several aspects.The last part of the article discusses that although Yuefei was dead, the spirit remains forever in the world. Besides, his thoughts and sentiments have a great effect on the South Song Dynasty and the later dynasties, including that ordinary civilians, bureaucratic class, and even ruling class greatly are affected by his ideas. Moreover, these influences are in all aspects, including all sorts of novels about Yuefei in literature and the patriotic spirit of Yuefei inspiring the Chinese people against foreign enemies. Nowadays, Yuefei’s thoughts are still beneficial to establish harmonious socialist system and his incorruption and Shiko are the highest ethical model which the whole society advocates.