A Study About The World Outlook Of Confucius And Mencius

In Chinese Confucian moral philosophy and political philosophy,The universe ideology contains profound value pursuit and Ideal of governing the country,it reflects the Confucian cultivate moral principle and political way of practice.In pre Qin,The representative people of Confucian is Confucius,Mencius,they were revered as the Saint and sage of Confucian.In this paper,we take the of Confucius and Mencius as the research topic,discusses The universe ideology political ideals of Confucius and Mencius which create a prosperous and peaceful world by kindheartedness and benevolent government;In the part of The universe ideology of Confucius,we state the thought foundation,the essence of theory and the social ideal of Confucius by three ways: the rule of li benevolent government the ideal of Datong.In order to restore the ideal civilization of the Western Zhou,Confucius praised Yao and Shun Yu to govern the world by civilization,and puts forward the innovative idea that educate the world by "benevolence",to achieve the ideal society of Datong.In the part of Mencius who inheriting Confucius' thought,he put forward the idea of polite world by benevolence,which elaborated by two aspects : The universe ideology of virtue and the universe ideology of benevolent.Mencius believes that acquiring people's support are the key to govern the world,puts forward the idea of a series of views like “return to natural character,raising the people,governance by kindheartedness”.Mencius enriched Confucius thought and his ideology of The universe has great theoretical and practical significance.The last mainly elaborates the fundamental feature,historical role and realistic meaning of Mencius' The universe of ideology.Firstly,we put forward four features of the of The universe of ideology Confucius and Mencius that different from Taoist school and legalism : The universe of ideology of kindheartedness,filial piety,people-based and civilization,which in order to understand The universe of ideology of Confucius and Mencius better.Secondly,we uncover the historical role from two aspects: political history and thinking history,and propose that The universe of ideology of Confucius and Mencius lay a strong foundation for latter Confucianism and rulers.Finally,The universe of ideology of Confucius and Mencius also has a strong practical significance: firstly,advocate the view of caring people as noble human feeling;secondly,believe that we have the duty to create a prosperous and peaceful world and active participation in global governance.Thirdly,advocate establishing a win-win cooperation international relations;fourthly,pay attention to " the people's heart of the world ",establish a fair and reasonable international order;fifthly,emphasis on " harmony but not Sameness " there is truth in the world "," promote the peaceful development of diversified civilizations.