Contemporary Theory Of Confucian Gentleman’s Personality And Official Virtue Cultivation

Zuo zhuan said: the failure of nation is caused by the bad officer;and the loss of official morality is caused by favour and bribery.Since ancient, Professional property has been as an important rolefrom the monarch to the commoner,they all attach importance tothe problems of the lack of officials morality. Therefore one of theimportant contents and characteristics of the Chinese traditionalculture is the emphasis on moral cultivation, especially officials,moral self-cultivation.Kong Zi’s gentleman personality is the model of the Confucianideal personality. Confucian gentleman in terms of personality hasthe extremely rich contents. Through the study of the science ofConfucian gentleman’s personality thought, dialectical to analyze,and take the sublation of principle, the current situation of problemof the current official virtue, to explore the shaping ofcontemporary official virtue.This paper mainly consists of five chapters: first, introduction.In this chapter, we have expounded the paper selected topicbackground, the selected topic significance, the current researchand arrived at point of view and the method of the research. Second,this paper has summarized the personality, Kong Zi’gentleman personality content and the meaning of official virtueaspects. Third, the paper has outline the social background ofConfucian gentleman’s personality thought, and Confucius’personal background. To this, the paper mainly based on "theanalects" in-depth study on it. The main content is include the threeaspects such as the benevolence, the wisdom and the brave. Inaddition, it’s also the methods in daily life to train own noblemorality as gentleman introspection self-denial, and learn, holdingdual-purpose and devoting to practice. Fourth, the paper describedthe current status of the official virtue, the manifestation of officialmorality and analyzed its reason. Fifth, investigate the shaping andforming path official virtue construction in contemporary China. Byevaluating and institutionalization of coding, cultivate official virtueindividuals build official virtue to shape the environment, to achievethe cultivation of modern official virtue.