Study On Confucian Thoughts Of Social Assistance In Pre-Qin Period

Social assistance is that countries and other social subjects for victims of natural disasters lose labor ability and other low-income groups, based on employment and maintain basic living needs of the population, which relied on one of the most basic material assistance and a higher level of spiritual assistance. A few days ago, there is a contradiction between the urgency of the development aid business and the lag of the construction of rescue culture. It's the urgent need for a strong cultural support.in the development of the social relief cause.In the pre-Qin period, although there is no specific research on social assistance, the Confucian School of thought in the pre-Qin Dynasty contains a wealth of social assistance.The Qin Dynasty Confucian thoughts of social assistance as the breakthrough point, on the basis of the theory by Western thoughts of social assistance. Their ideas from theory to practice to philosophical analysis pointed out that during the period of pre-Qin Confucian thoughts of social assistance to the development of modern society rescue career. Study on Confucian social assistance thoughts in pre-Qin period, during the “Severing the people ”from the “three kings” “three generations” period, there has been a policy of “protecting people feed the people” to support the people, at which point the rudiment of the thoughts of social assistance. Combined with the time of frequent natural disasters and war, all the people with lofty ideals began thinking after a disaster relief problems. After, Confucius, Mencius' thinkers began calling the rulers should be done “internal saints and external kings”,strengthen mutual benefit of the people of mutual love and consciousness, all the people to create a comfortable external environment of protecting the people's basic life. The basic thoughts of the pre-Qin rulers of this guidance carried out a series of practice of social assistance, including disaster relief and poverty relief.Under the social conditions of the time, during the period of pre-Qin Confucian's thought of social assistance is still system. But not difficult to find, other thinkers of contemporary compared is still inadequate. It has no more pipe thoughts with practice than Mo Zi thoughts,no more love than Lao Zi and Zhuang Zi thoughts, no more feasible than Mo Zi thoughts. It can be seen from the study that the social assistance thought at the time emphasized a national salvation, the rich relief and material assistance. To a large extent, the people need a kind of ethical and moral education. Now, we should carry forward the tradition of excellent reliefethics, and learn from the Western civilization of social assistance, in order to foster the contemporary rescue culture.This paper aims at analysis pre-Qin Dynasty Confucian thought of social assistance system, from the theoretical origin, theoretical connotation, practice, evaluation on comprehensive analysis, in order to enrich and perfect the connotation of the thought of social assistance in pre-Qin period, explore its historical value and contemporary refers to guide significance has an important role in. Combined with the present situation of our country,carry forward the excellent culture of relief at the same time, in order to promote the development of the cause of social relief.