Research On The Gentleman Personaliyt Education Of Confucius

Confucius (551-497BC) is one of the greatest Chinese ideologists, politicians and educationists in late Spring and Autumn period. He is the first philosopher who ever paid attention to the thoughts of personality, the relationship between personality and self achievements, personality and social development. By adopting the thought of the "Six Arts", Confucius proposed the most practical idea, the gentleman personality, as well as the humanity basis for the gentleman personality. He believed that human nature, at the very beginning, was alike while the key to reach the "perfect personality" depended on "teaching" and "learning". Therefore, the gentleman personality values the significance of education. The ultimate goal for the education was to foster a gentleman with the personality of benevolence, wisdom and courage, and the exact two ways go form the aspects of "fidelity" and "tolerance".The educational thought of the gentleman personality of Confucius is a precious cultural heritage, and has assimilated to the ideology and code of conducts for Chinese, it has also effected the Chinese nation’s spirit, culture, values. Research on the personality thought education of Confucius has practical meaning in solving the social moral deficiency problems and shaping the modern ideal personality for the mankind.