Studies On The Moral System Of The Analects

The spirits and contents of the Analects of Confucius are abundant and profound.The Analects not only includes the Original Confucians ' political thought and principles of education but contains abundant ethics and morals thought.Ethics and morality are the core of the Analects of Confucius.Confucian put forward the ethical thought system which took "benevolence" as the core content," etiquette " as the form," filial piety","Honesty"," the golden mean"," Yi" and so on as the moral standard and code of conduct,in order to pursue the harmony between man and himself,between man and others,between man and society,as well as man and nature.The Analects are not only short in length but no theoretical and conceptual links among its chapters,but it has one thought train of thought that carry throughout: The Original Confucian regard personal ethics as the foundation of the moral system,and then spreads from personal ethics thought to domestic morality and social ethics,from himself to others,and from close relations to mere acquaintances,thus establish the moral system.Personal morality is the foundation of Confucian ethical thought system,which deals with the relationship between man and himself.Confucianism regards "Gentleman personality" as the ideal personality mode,and puts forward methods to improve the personal moral accomplishment.The early Confucians believes that the gentleman is not only cultivate and perfect himself but brings peace and security to the people.The Family Morality is the cornerstone of Confucian ethical thought system,which bases on filial piety and fraternal duty and is used to adjust the relationship between son and father,younger brother and older,wife and husband.Social morality regulate the social relationship of the individual and the group,the team,the state,and so on,social morals of The Analects mainly includes professional ethics and social ethics.In terms of professional ethics,the Analects distinguishes two different ways of occupational division of labor: brain work and manual work,but it focuses on the professional ethics of monarch,the gentry and teachers.Furthermore,the Analects contains a wealth of public morality,it expands from private morals and family morality into common morality of society.The Analects also deals with the moral relationship between man and nature,the Original Confucians advocate the ecological ethnics thought of thrift and love all creatures and pursuit of harmony and unity between man and nature.Pursuit the harmony between man and society is the ultimate goal of the Original Confucian ethical thought system,which is simple in structure but rich in content and profound in meaning.the moral system of The Analects has an infinite space of interpretation,it is not only the source of the Confucian moral thoughts,but also influences the Chinese people's thought and values,its moral concepts had been handed down today.