Research On Chinese Traditional Benevolence And Its Creative Transformation

"Benevolence" is one of the main traditional virtues of the Chinese nation.When General Secretary Xi Jinping summed up the excellent traditional Chinese culture in six sentences,he even put "benevolence" in the first place.The connotation of traditional virtues of benevolence is very rich,Including benevolent people love others,love people and all things,love everything equally,love everything in the universe,heaven and earth,etc.The objects of love cover all aspects of traditional social life,reflecting the universality and breadth of benevolence and virtue.At the same time,the traditional virtues of benevolence have distinct levels,including the four levels of family love,interpersonal love,love of all things,and love of the universe,reflecting the differences from close to distant,from near to far.The traditional virtue of benevolence is not only a moral concept,but also a moral practice.Its development path not only emphasizes self-cultivation and benevolence,but also pays attention to the harmony of human relations in the family,as well as the moral education and persuasion outside the family.Its cultivation method is mainly to rely on courtesy to express people’s feelings,to promote oneself and others through the way of loyalty and forgiveness,and to expand the heart of compassion to promote oneself and others.The traditional virtue of benevolence has played a very important role in family and beauty,social harmony,and harmony between man and nature in traditional Chinese society.However,due to the constraints of blood relationship and feudal ethics,the influence of benevolence and virtue in modern society has gradually become prominent,mainly manifested as The traditional virtues of benevolence with differences in closeness and distance are difficult to surpass the scope of acquaintances,the traditional virtues of benevolence with differences in love threaten the modern concept of equality,and the traditional virtues of benevolence before others go against the principle of market economy.Therefore,only the creative transformation of traditional Chinese benevolence and virtue can meet the requirements of contemporary society.The core socialist values are the common pursuit of the contemporary Chinese people.General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that the excellent traditional Chinese culture is an important source of conserving the core values of socialism,creatively transforming traditional virtues of benevolence,and focusing on the practice of socialist friendly values.According to the four levels of socialist friendliness values,firstly,through creative transformation of traditional family training and family style culture,learn from the traditional way of filial piety,and promote family friendliness.Secondly,through creative transformation of the traditional way of loyalty and forgiveness,learn from the traditional thought of benevolent loving others,and promote interpersonal friendship.Thirdly,through creative transformation of traditional charitable culture,learn from the traditional thought of giving charity to the public,and promote social friendliness.Finally,by creatively transforming the traditional and cultivating parallel thoughts,learning from the traditional things and thoughts,promoting the friendship between man and nature,and realizing the goal of building a community of life between man and nature.