Research On Taoism Governing Thoughts And Its Contemporary Value

Profound Chinese traditional culture absorbs thousands of human intelligence and countless quintessence which is the important source of national governance thought. It contains plenty of statecraft methods. grasping the richness of Taoism Political Thought and Value of the Times, absorbing the wisdom of the current governance from the strength, not only inheritance and carry forward the traditional culture, but also promote the requirement of the modernization of the national management system and management ability This paper sets forth Taoism governing thoughts from the aspect of governing concept, governing principle, governing plan, legal management, economic management and people-centered management, and pays attention on exploring its contemporary value.Firstly, it is highly appreciate the history meaning of Taoism governing thoughts, not only form the basic theory meaning of statecraft or current governing practice. Ancient statecraft soul can be taken as a reference for the present governing rule. Taoism governing thoughts are important parts of the ancient governing one.Secondly, introduce the creation background of Taoism governing thoughts in terms of social political background, ideological and cultural background, and personal comprehension from Lao Zi. State its creating and developing process from Laozi and Zhuangzi's theory in pre-Qin period, Huang-Lao's theory in Qin-Han period, metaphysics in the Wei-Jin period and duplicate metaphysics in Sui-Tang period. After that, the paper focuses on the content system of Taoism governing thoughts including the concept of law from the nature, the principle of gentleness and acting without strive, the plan of governing by non-interference, the legal management of simplicity and plain, and the people-centered management of considering people's heart. The main characters of Taoism governing thoughts are concluded into three parts, that is, Tao is the foundation, body is people's own post, that letting things take their own course is a solution, and plain is the basic aspect of personality.Thirdly, it serves a link between past and future. From the viewpoint of history, analyze the function of Taoism governing thoughts to theory and practice. Historical practice has proved that Taoism governing thoughts once played an important role which realized political security, economic prosperity and people living in peace. However, every coin has two sides. There are also limits of Taoism governing thoughts, which are idealism, conservation and the thought of rule by man.Last but not least, rethink profoundly combined with realistic problem. The purpose is to draw the beneficial elements and contemporary value from the Taoism governing thoughts as a reference for today's statecraft, which is the paper's focus and goal. There is no doubt that the streamline administration, the thoughts of people's livelihood and the legal institution from the Taoism governing thoughts are worthy of being taken as a reference.