Study On Mencius Thought Of Moral Idealism

Mencius, is addressed respectfully as "Yasheng"(second to the saint)on Chinese historyof culture is to be next only to Confucian great master of the Confucian School. Open allkinds of generation, stay in the important position carrying on the past and opening a way forthe future in the Confucian School Confucian system. Mencius has developed morality studyof person thought from the perspective of "nature and natural law ", putting forward a set oftheory of original goodness of human nature as rationale, for the integration of the natureand man’s discussion, for the practice way of Saint internally and king externally, for moralhumanism humanistic theory of the personality of the gentleman and saint, formed a systemof moral humanism and ideal socialist theory. Mencius contribution to Confucian School liesin his creation and elaboration of the moral ideal socialist thought revealing theself-consciousness of human moral reason.Mencius not only inherited and defended Confucius’ theory, but also developedConfucius’ theory of human morality with the development of The Times, regularly in right.The revision of saints’ standard, the discussion of the more importance of people than therulers, the analysis of titles of the heaven and the people, the emphasis of groups objectivevalue and the human body’ personality, shows more civility and progression comparingConfucius Golden mean. This paper mainly discusses the moral humanism and idealism, thefirst human to embody the self-consciousness of the moral reason. Mencius mentioned thatmorality is the human nature, is also different from the essence of the animals. Moralpractices the will of Heaven way and the definite of the human way and it has both internaltranscendental absolute values. One who realizes the moral perfection, and he achieved the highest ideal of life; a society, goes as the principle to organization and construction, thesociety is most with humanitarian idea of the society. So it is the most ideal society.According to the moral principles to cultivate one’s morality, called "internal saints";According to the humanitarian idea to rule to the world, is "outside the king"."Inside the saintoutside the king" is the highest state of moral and ethical humanism of Mencius.Mencius discussed and investigated the moral humanism and idealism internal logicalstructure from "human nature","personality ethics" and the kingly way theory "three aspects.The first part of the "human nature" is arguably the main Mencius’ creation of the theory ofgoodness, with the aims at revealing Mencius’ moral humanism and idealistic theoryfoundation, and the " the basic principles of the moral practice ". The second part of"personality ethics", the main argument of the Mencius rational personality, shows of"gentleman" Mencius’ moral requirements, saint style and saint state to view and Mencius’cultural mission of scholar, moral responsibility requirements. Mainly reflects the Mencius’moral rationalist "internal saints" education. In the third part of the kingly way theory ", themain argument of the Mencius social and political ideal, reveals the moral humanism ideal ofMencius social blueprint of design, it shows the Mencius’s "outside the king" path. Thus,revealing Mencius and Mencius’ theory in the history status of Chinese culture and the majoreffect of the culture of China.