A Reappraisal Of Confucius And His Thought From The Standpoint Of Historicism

In 1962,"Confucius Academic Conference" was the first national symposium on Confucius and his thought evaluation since the 20th century.However,the situation of this symposium has not been thoroughly and systematically explored and studied,and it has become a "pending case" in the academic circle.As an important turning point in the discourse system of Marxism-Leninism where historicism and class views competed for the right of academic discourse,the 1962 "Confucius Academic Conference" not only had a significant political influence at that time,but also was an important object of academic debate and the history of Confucianism in the 20th century,which had an important position and significance in the academic history.The "Confucius Academic Conference" held in 1962 had a specific historical background and ideological trend.Since 1958,the restoration of agricultural production and economic development has become the focus of the state’s work,and the "righting the Left" movement has also corrected the ideological trend of the "historical revolution",thus loosening the political control over academic research.The CPC Central Committee vigorously advocated"Contention and Flourishing of Numerous Schools of Thought",and the trend of historicism gradually flourished and dominated the academic discussion on the evaluation of historical figures in this period.After the "Confucius Academic Conference" was held in Shandong University in 1960,many universities,scientific research institutions,newspapers and periodicals in China successively held and reported seminars and reports on Confucius and his thought evaluation.In the early 1960s,the academic upsurge of "re-evaluating Confucius"was formed.In anticipation of the political and academic circles,the second "Confucius Academic Conference" was held in Jinan on November 6,1962.The conference adopted two forms of discussion,namely group discussion and free speech in the general assembly.Based on the discussion and summary of the class nature of Confucius and his thought and the value evaluation of Confucius thought during 1960～1962,Further discussion was made around the"class nature of Confucius thought","Confucius world view","Confucius political thought and its role in history","the critical inheritance of Confucius research results" and other issues,among which the class attribute of Confucius and the qualitative problem of Confucius thought was one of the focal points of the debate.According to the relevant reports and papers of the conference,the "Confucius Academic Conference" in 1962 was an academic conference on the evaluation of Confucius and his thought in the discourse system of Marxism-Leninism.Among them,scholars represented by Lu Zhenyu,Wu Ze,CAI Shangsi,etc.judge the class nature of Confucius,but also emphasize the historical standpoint of Marxism,and try to analyze the historical role and value of Confucius in his own era.Scholars such as Guan Feng,Lim Yushi,and Yang Young-guk use class nature as the sole basis for evaluating Confucius and his thoughts.Especially in the speech of the conference,the opposition between the class view and the historicism view was formed around the evaluation of Confucius,which indicated the gradual rise of the left-leaning class view and the frustration of the historicism.After the "Confucius Academic Conference" ended in 1962,under the oppression of the political atmosphere of "mountain rain coming",the political and academic organizers of this conference were affected to varying degrees,and the historical trend of thought was gradually suppressed by the class view.However,this conference also has a unique academic valuethis conference is a grand summary of the evaluation of Confucius and his thoughts since the 20th century,and is the peak of the study of Confucius within Marxism-Leninism discourse system.In addition,it vigorously advocates the research standpoint of historicism on the evaluation of Confucius,thus leaving a rich academic legacy.