Study On Gu Yanwu's System Ethical Thought

Gu yanwu was enlightenment thinkers and one of the representative figures of current of Practical learning thought in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.Gu Yanwu lived in the great historical transition period of Ming and Qing dynasty,Summarizing the historical lessons of the demise of Ming Dynasty was the central content of his academic thought,which determined that his introspection and criticism at Chinese traditional system had a clear realistic directivity.The special historical period also promoted the important turn of ideology and culture in the late Ming dynasty and early Qing dynasties.The wind of Confucianism since the song dynasty has been criticized more and more,and the practical learning characterized by the use of the world has gradually emerged,which provided the ideological soil for the formation of Gu yanwu's systeme ethical thought.Gu Yanwu's thought of institutional ethics is mainly manifested in two aspects:political system and economic system.In terms of political system,he exposed all kinds of malpractices caused by the monarchy system,thus negating the injustice of the monarchy system.In order to rectify the disadvantages of the autocratic monarchy,he put forward the assumption that the main principle of the local decentralization system is to "combine private with public",which contains democratic values.In terms of economic system,Gu Yanwu put forward a lot of reform proposals on farmland system,horse administration,salt administration,fiscal and taxation system,which not only run through his public and private concepts,but also reflect a strong concept of free economy.Gu Yanwu's system ethics thought not only has a profound historical basis,but also has a clear realistic concern.He not only pays attention to the investigation and research of the rules and regulations of the past dynasties,but also has the ideological basis of the system ethics thought,which is mainly Confucianism,so it has the color of moral idealism.However,his research on the rules and regulations of past dynasties and his inheritance of Confucian ethics served the realistic goal of making the country rich and strong.Gu Yanwu's system ethics thought has the enlightenment spirit of modern significance,such as the concept of democracy and equality in political system ethics and the concept of freedom in economic system ethics,which are very similar to the basic ideas of modern Western Enlightenment movement.Gu Yanwu's system ethicsthought had an important impact on the thinkers of Kang Youwei and Zhang Taiyan in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China,such as the concept of local autonomy.