Pre-Qin Confucianists' View Of Righteousness And Benefit And Its Contemporary Value

"The world of things,only carry on for advantage." Studies on "suitability" and "advantage" have been hot discussed since its appearance,because of their profound meaning.Morality and benefit problems have practical meaning to all social activities.Our "suitability" and "advantage" are not only a kind of spiritual pursuit of human beings but also the pursuit of material,problems related to them are always new topics in the question of ethics and Chinese intellectual history.The outlook on suitability and advantage refers to the basic concepts and theories of individual and social thought of how to properly handle the relationship between suitability and advantage.The pre-qin confucian's outlook on suitability and advantaget is the core content of pre-qin confucian ethics system.The pre-qin confucian's outlook on suitability and advantage laid a profound and dignified theoretical foundation for the traditional outlook on suitability and advantage,opened the chapter of Chinese traditional outlook on suitability and advantage,regulated the appearance and characteristics of Chinese ancient outlook on suitability and advantage from the perspective of values and value oriented,it is also moral value orientation of ancient Chinese social life,which is of great significance to sublate the pre-qin confucian's outlook on suitability and advantage and to China's modernization.The pre-qin confucian's outlook on suitability and advantage developed by inheriting predecessors' thought of suitability and advantage in the Spring and Autumn Period's specific social economic relations and political affiliation history,under the trend of "contention of a hundred schools of thought",shaped the basic concept of "suitability" "advantage" and "outlook on suitability and advantage",the pre-qin confucian's outlook on suitability and advantage have profound implication,rich and long history,it adhere to using suitability to restrict advantage,and laying advantage in suitability.Among three outstanding representatives of pre-qin confucian ideas,Confucius advocates "value orientation selection",Mencius insisted that priority should be given to suitability,and there's no need to involve advantage ",Xunzi believes in the moral principle of pursuing both suitability and advantage under the premise of “using suitability to restrict advantage”.Basing on the theory of human nature theory,valuing suitability above advantage and emphasizing the positive role of morality to economic and political are characteristics of the pre-qin confucian's outlook on suitability and advantage.Adhereing to the cultivation of moral personality of self righteousness,constructing both justice and benefit of economic ethics and the political ethics that advocates public benefits to be supreme are the way to realize it.The pre-qin confucian's outlook on suitability and advantage has great historical significance and practical value.We should be in line with the principle of making the past serve the present to sublate the pre-qin confucian's outlook on suitability and advantage reasonably,take the essence and discard the dross,to reach the purpose of serving contemporary society.Therefore,we should adhere to the moral principle of using suitability to restrict advantage,set up the correct meaning and personal value orientation,construct the moral dimensions of market economy and establish a reasonable value orientation of social morality.