Comment On Zeng Guofan's Thought Of Official Morality

As an official's professional ethics,it plays a decisive role in the country's construction.The level of official morality affects the stability of state power,the stable development of society,and the normal operation of state order.The official ethics culture is an important part of Chinese traditional ethical culture.The ancient Chinese ethical and ideological culture was passed down from generation to generation and passed down to Zeng Guofan.Zeng Guofan was in the troubled times of internal and external troubles in the late Qing Dynasty.He tried to find a way to save the country from various ideological theories and to screen and promote traditional official morality.It not only absorbs the essence of Confucianism,Legalism,and Taoist official ideology,but also integrates its own unique research and insights,and forms a more reasonable and effective official ideology.The basic content of Zeng Guofan's official ideology includes three aspects: goal orientation,basic official morality and official morality.These three aspects are both interconnected and independent.Zeng Guofan is aiming at "the inner and outer kings" and combines with the Confucian Qi family and the thought of governing the country.From a variety of perspectives of the officialdom,summarizing and summarizing a series of official norms.These norms are not only the basic standards of official morality,but also the moral bottom line for officials.The official and moral norms that Zeng Guofan summed up are based on his own practical experience and combined with the feelings he has learned over the years.Zeng Guofan's official moral cultivation thought is divided into two aspects,internal and external.The inner thought is self-denial and the external practice thought is the example.Zeng Guofan's official ideology is based on the political needs of the feudal ruling class.On the basis of inheriting the traditional Chinese Confucianism,it combines with its own practice,sums up and sums up the rational and practical official ideology,and becomes the important of the traditional Chinese official ideology.component.Although Zeng Guofan's era and the theoretical basis adopted by his official ideology have a certain degree of historical limitations and stagnation,we cannot deny the bright spots in their official ideology.In today's society,it is imperative for officials to have ethics,to establish a new set of official moral standards that meet the needs of the times,thereby enhancing the moral cultivation of officials and strengthening the moral construction of officials.Therefore,we can learn from the excellent part of Zeng Guofan's official ideology and give some enlightenment and help for the construction of modern official ethics.