Research On Confucian Female Ideal Personality

Ideal personality is a model of personality of an era,the personification of truth,goodness,and beauty in people’s hearts.It is the yardstick and benchmark for shaping a good personality in the society of an era.The ultimate goal of the ideal personality of Confucian women is to cultivate one’s own self.In reality,it is positioned to become a virtuous person."Ladies,good wives,virgins,and fair women" are the basic paradigms of ideal personality of women in Confucian ethics.Confucian ideal female personality thought is not only a manifestation of Confucian ethics politicization,but also a manifestation of Confucian ethics socialization.Analyzing Confucian ideal female personality thought is very important for understanding Confucian ethics and the content of ancient education.This article adopts the method of unifying logic and history and the method of comparative research.By studying the social background and theoretical basis of Confucian ideal female personality thought from the three levels of system,economy and society,it reveals the social structure of China’s "family and country as one unit" under Confucian culture and the society of "male dominates outside,female dominates inside".Production mode,and then profoundly elucidate the connotation and theoretical characteristics of Confucian ideal female personality thought.From the perspective of gender under Confucian culture,deeply explore the social status and social value of women under the rule of the patriarchal system,and analyze the five different ideal personality paradigms of "lady,good wife,filial daughter-in-law,good mother,and virgin woman" To deeply understand the theoretical connotation of "female inferiority" and "yin and yang theory" in Confucian gender culture.Compare the ideal female personality of Confucianism with the ideal female personality thought of Buddhism and Taoism,and explore the positive thought resources of Buddhism and Taoism.Analyze the influence of Confucian ideal female personality thought on contemporary society from the return of traditional female morality and the return of female family.Based on the comparison of Confucian ideal female personality thought with Western feminism,combined with the current social development,Analyze the possibility and ways of contemporary transformation of the ideal personality of Confucian women.The innovation of this article lies in: First,it systematically expounds and summarizes the theoretical characteristics of Confucian ideal female personality,and analyzes the inner possibility of female cultivating morality.Secondly,from the similarities and differences between the ideal female personality thought of Confucianism and the ideal female personality thought of Buddhism and Taoism,the essence of Confucian ideal female personality thought can be borrowed from Buddhism and Taoism.Finally,it creatively puts forward the possibility and realization of the contemporary transformation of Confucian ideal female personality thought,and believes that the contemporary transformation of Confucian ideal female personality thought can be carried out from three aspects: concept,morality and practice.