A Study Of Confucius 's And Mencius' S Concept Of Gentleman

In Confucius' s view,the personality of "gentleman" with its ideality and reality,honor and kindness,nobility and ordinary,fully embodies the subjectivity and creativity of human.Its connotation includes surpassing myself,keeping the faith,persevering as well as being moral and responsible,widely recognized and respected by literati and ordinary people during thousands of years,which become their ideal paradigm of moral personality.The gentleman culture,consisting of humanistic,transcendental and practical morality and gentleman spirit,becomes the Chinese excellent traditional culture and the core part of the Chinese national spirit."Benevolence","wisdom","bravery","righteousness","propriety","faithfulness","harmony" and "moderation" are the core contents of the moral character of a gentleman."Self-improvement" and "kindness" are the concentrated reflection of the gentleman's spirit.The doctrines,knowledge and teaching of Confucius and Mencius are all about gentleman,which aim at teaching a person to learn the ways and the virtue of a gentleman in order to be a moral person,cultural person,civilized person.Confucius' s view on human nature is the theoretical basis of his views on the cultivation of the gentleman,and self-cultivation is the basic work of the gentleman,while "learning" is the basic work of the self-cultivation.Confucius' s view about "the gentleman" is historical and epochal.Through the creative transformation and innovative development,it can become precious cultural resources to cultivate and practice core socialist values and shape the "new generation.The "gentleman" is not only the standard of personal moral personality,but also plays a role in inheriting the excellent traditional culture and leading the social atmosphere.To be a gentleman of the times and to achieve the personality of a gentleman,we should practice it.It is necessary to form a good social custom of promoting the spirit of the gentleman,practicing the moral character and striving to be the new person of new age in the whole society.