Research On The Thought Of The Pre-Qin Confucianism Orthocore And The Moral Education Value

The thought of orthocore is the inner cultivation theory of Confucianism and also the essence of the theoretical system of Confucian moral education.The enhancement of the subject consciousness of Confucianism in the pre-Qin Period established the status and value of "heart",and the standardization and cultivation of the heart is the due meaning of the moral cultivation theory of Confucianism in the pre-Qin Period,and it has formed the systematic thought of "orthocore" of Confucianism in the pre-Qin Period.The emergence of the pre-Qin Confucianism is a reflection of the awakening of ancient Chinese humanistic consciousness,a real concern for the human heart,and a perfect interpretation of the moral meaning of the heart.The pre-Qin Confucian orthocore thought contains abundant moral education concepts and methods,which not only enriches the traditional Confucian moral education theory system,but also tries to solve the social practical problems at that time and maintain the order of feudal rule,which has positive theoretical significance and practical value.However,with a history of more than two thousand years in the pre-Qin Period,it is difficult for Confucianism to be fully accepted in today’s society.It must devote itself to bringing into play beneficial factors to solve today’s realistic moral education problems and meet the needs of the development of The Times,so as to show its lasting vitality.Facing the materialistic and complicated in modern times,we should reinterpretation the relationship and clarify the practical significance of the value of moral education of the pre-Qin Confucian orthocore thought,to give the pre-Qin Confucian orthocore thought a reasonable position,mining the inner essence of the pre-Qin Confucian orthocore thought,enrich and develop contemporary moral education theory system,thoroughly solve the problem of social reality in today’s moral education,efforts to achieve the pre-Qin Confucian orthocore thought and the contemporary moral education fusion and undertake across age,heart let the pre-Qin Confucian orthocore thought to coruscate gives new vigor and vitality.In this paper,the study of the pre-Qin Confucian orthocore thought and its moral value will be discussed from the following four aspects:The first part mainly discusses the background of the pre-Qin Confucian orthocore thought.Firstly,based on the economic premise,political situation,cultural environment and humanistic consciousness of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period,this part discusses the social foundation of the pre-Qin Confucian orthocore thought.Secondly,it traces the theory source of the pre-Qin Confucian orthocore thought from the "Book of History","Book of Changes","Book of Songs" as well as the Confucianism of human nature and Daoist theory of mind in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods.From the above two aspects to provide the historical possibility and theoretical support for the emergence of the pre-Qin Confucianism.The second part analyzes the pre-Qin Confucian orthocore thought system.Starting from the status,basic connotation,concrete content and realization method,this paper constructs the thought system of the pre-Qin Confucian orthocore thought.Firstly,it analyzes the position of the pre-Qin Confucian orthocore thought from the macroscopic perspective.Secondly,it interprets and summarizes the basic connotation of "heart" and "orthocore" in Confucianism in the pre-Qin period.Thirdly,according to Confucius,Mencius,Xuncius and the thoughts of "The Great Learning",this paper analyzes the concrete content of the pre-Qin Confucian orthocore thought.Finally,this paper analyzes the internal and external cultivation methods of the pre-Qin Confucian orthocore thought from the aspects of basic methods,internal requirements,basic criteria,and external teaching.The third part explains comprehensive evaluation of the historical moral education value of the pre-Qin Confucian orthocore thought.Starting from the two aspects of positive significance and historical limitations,first of all,from the perspective of theoretical value,the pre-Qin Confucian orthocore thought not only provides reference for the later Confucian inner cultivation theory but also provides guidance for the later Confucian moral education method;And from the perspective of practical value,this part also discusses the value of the pre-Qin Confucian orthocore thought for solving the ancient realistic moral problems.Secondly,due to the restriction of the feudal society and the limitation of The Times,the author discusses the historical limitations of the pre-Qin Confucian orthocore thought.This paper objectively and justly evaluates the value of historical moral education of the pre-Qin Confucian orthocore thought.The fourth part discusses the moral enlightenment of the pre-Qin Confucianism orthocore thought.First of all,this part gives a contemporary orientation to the moral value of the pre-Qin Confucian orthocore thought from the following two aspects: reinterpreting the contemporary relationship between the orthocore thought and moral education and analyzing the realistic moral education of the pre-Qin Confucian orthocore thought.Secondly,based on the current background of The Times,from the perspective of improving the moral education system,promoting self-education,attaching importance to moral cognition and optimizing the moral education environment,the pre-Qin Confucian orthocore thought is integrated into the practice of contemporary moral education,so as to realize the contemporary reference and transformation of the moral value of orthocore thought of pre-Qin Confucianism.