Mencius's Moral Education Thought And Its Contemporary Enlightenment

In the traditional moral education thought,Confucian school pay high attention to the person's moral education.Mencius is the greatest Confucian sage expect Confucius,and he was in a war era of instability and rapid change of government,which the lower level of people suffering from tyranny,groaning.On the basis of summarizing the achievements of predecessors' moral education thoughts,Mencius,whose heart went out to the poor people,was in the midst of historical changes,and he boldly puts forward the premise of "the theory of goodness in nature" and the core of benevolence,righteousness,propriety and wisdom to pay attention to the cultivation of people's virtue,which can be attributed to the moral norms and the rule of social propriety.In the new era of the rapid development of globalization of the 21 st century,Mencius' s thought of moral education went cross the long river of a thousand years,embracing the contemporary moral education thought,constructing social development,democratic progress,and asking mencius for the new enlightenment of the 21 st century.This paper focuses on the study of Mencius' s moral education,highlighting its enlightening effect on the contemporary society.The first chapter is the introduction,which discusses the purpose and significance of studying mencius' s moral education thought and the current situation of academic research writing ideas and key and difficult problems.The second chapter is the overview of mencius' s moral education,which is based on the political,economic and cultural background to grasp the connotation of mencius' moral education.The third chapter is the core of this paper,which is based on the theory of goodness in nature and the theory of destiny in nature.The fourth chapter is the key of this paper.Started from the overall moral education thought,this paper contains analysises and summarizes on the principles,methods and contents of Mencius' s moral education thought,and attributes to the social moral norms and the rule of propriety,which achieving a complete personality and an ideal society.The fifthchapter is the end of this paper.Absorbing the new wisdom nee for the contemporary society from Mencius moral education thought,this chapter combined with the previous discussion and is according to the current social development situation and the background of The Times.Not only individual moral quality can improve but also social stability,economic development and interpersonal harmony can be enhanced.Chapter six is the conclusion,which generalizes Mencius' s moral education thought as a whole by analyzing its inspiration to the contemporary society.The views of the paper generally cover the following three parts: One is based on the theory of virtue,mencius moral education thought,the theory of human nature includes four links: Xingshan,Xiangshan,Weishan and Zhishan.And it is asked to adhere to the four basic principles of the line,the intention to raise the nature,the first set up its big,worthy of heaven and the knowledge of action.It requires people to do something in the face of destiny.Facing destiny,we should not only follow the objective law of the development of things,but also give full play to people's subjective initiative.Second,Mencius' s moral education thought has the complete frame,which combines ideological and moral education with personal moral cultivation.And it is asked to adhere to the principle of returning to the world to set a good example and the body is the fan advocates sages and sages also more skills to teach the way to achieve the harmony between people and their own people and society.This is also the Confucian gentleman personality and social harmonious development of the inevitable pursuit.Third,the thought of moral education in the individual social harmony,personal moral cultivation is enhanced to achieve personal and interpersonal harmony and ultimately build a harmonious society ideal personality.Moral education thought has created a good social atmosphere and social value system for the society in the aspects of the construction of the socialist core values,the ideological and moral construction of the literary and cultural industry,family training and family traditions.In terms of social governance,we should adhere to the people-oriented idea of benevolent governance,the diplomatic principle of peaceful development and the ecological concept of sustainable development to achieve the practical path and goal of harmonious social development.