Confucianism And Its Contemporary Value Research

The Confucian thought of "Probity" is an important part of Chinese excellent traditional culture."Probity" is an important virtue of Chinese traditional ethics,and it occupies a core position among many political ethics.It not only represents a kind of moral integrity,but also represents a kind of political thought.As a kind of ethics,"Probity" is the most basic ethical code that people should adhere to when they get along.It requires people to restrict their own behavior and not to harm the interests of others by pursuing their own interests.Stick to one’s heart and not greedy selfish desires.As a political ideology,having the virtue of "Probity" is the basic quality and basic principle that a political person should possess.It requires officials to be upright and fair,clean and not greedy.And uses "Probity" as an important moral standard for requesting,testing,and evaluating officials.The Confucian ethics of Probity has not only played a positive role in shaping the upright social environment and suppressing corruption in the past dynasties,but also has a certain reference value for contemporary party style and clean government construction."People-oriented" constitutes the Confucian ideological and political basis for Probity.On the one hand,Confucianism advocates cultivating the virtue of incorruptness by cultivating morality,being thrifty,knowing shame and valuing righteousness;on the other hand,it advocates promoting the realization of incorruptness through the governance of etiquette and law,so as to achieve the value goal of "being holy inside and being king outside".Under the influence of Confucian ethics of Probity,a large number of excellent officials such as Bao Zheng and Hai Rui emerged.They advocated frugality and punishment,and acted as practitioners and disseminators of Confucian ethics.Becoming a solid guardian of the people’s interests,deeply loved by the people,and set a good example for later generations of officials to be honest in politics,promoted the progress of society and the development of Confucianism.Of course,the Confucian ethics of Probity also has certain limitations of the times.Therefore,we should adhere to a scientific attitude,select the essence and discard the dross,and carry out critical inheritance and innovative development of it under the guidance of Marxist theory.At present,our country has made important achievements in building a clean and honest government and in fighting corruption.But the phenomenon of corruption still exists.Therefore,make a profoune study of the Confucian thought of "Probity" can provide useful reference for building a clean and honest government and in fighting corruption,and will help create a clean political ecological environment.