The "Rectification Of Names" Of Confucius Thought Research

The thoughts of “rectification of names” in Confucius’s thought system occupiesthe important position, for the later development of philosophy has had a profoundeffect.From the “rectification of names”of the semantic analysis, the ancient hasmany different annotations.The author by name the history of ideas, as you can seethe master name theory origin, Confucius’s "rectification of names " the purpose is toemphasize the social order, ethical norms to govern the country, the importance ofmaintaining social stability, and his pursuit of political needs, he want to try to use theenactment and politics ".Rectification of names in the ethics reflect a kind of love, it is inseparablerelationship with the ritual, the master said the function of ritual is "by national, state,the people, the heirs".These functions will contain a set sequence, and rule of polity,these functions in the final is the heritage of the "state", it is through the realization ofbenevolence and ritual path name rose to a political view.He also asked people to start from their own, pay attention to personalaccomplishment, correct itself, and then take the right way to treat others, therefore,rulers to achieve "is the world", must have first fix (positive) yourself, improvethemselves, improve self-cultivation, to keep consistency.For all the people set a goodand wise, the heart world, what the people think monarch image, this also is he is hisown intention.rectification of names, thought,after Confucius did not stop the development,then on this basis to justify some of the philosophers also made a supplement andimprovement of and to modify their own thoughts.In the pre-qin period, mencius thatstarting from the "heart" to min and the chaotic society, xunzi is discussed through theuse of the research actuality, relationship with the "rectification of names " for thepurpose of logical thinking, han fei also by "is" to stable and harmonious social order,combined with the rule of law thought, shows the strong political implications.In aword, Confucius’s thoughts have a profound political significance, the handlingpolitical affairs has a great significance for later generations, worthy of our learning and thinking.