China's traditional ethical thoughts are rich in content and colorful, and good and evil coexist.
Among them, although there are some old moral knowledge limited by certain history, class and society; But there is also moral wisdom with long-term ideological value, which reflects the moral progress of the Chinese nation and embodies the moral civilization of all mankind.
1, China's long-standing ethical and moral thoughts always run through a moral spirit called "public loyalty". From "staying overnight in the public" proposed in the Book of Songs, to "eliminating private interests with public interests" proposed in the Book of Songs, to "leading by example" proposed by Wang Fuzhi, to "serving the public" and "serving the public" proposed by Sun Yat-sen, the spirit of "forgetting home for the country and private interests for the public" surged, making every effort for the country and the nation. It is also under the influence of the spirit of attaching importance to the overall situation that the lofty patriotic spirit of "worrying about the world first, and enjoying the world later" and "everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world" has emerged.
2. In China's traditional ethics, "benevolence" represented by Confucianism is an important moral spirit, which is of positive significance to the coordination of interpersonal relationships. "Benevolence" is not only the moral criterion of interpersonal relationship, but also the important moral wisdom of establishing harmonious interpersonal relationship. Confucius said that a kind person should "love others" and "do to others what you don't want others to do to you" (Wei Linggong). "Benevolent people want to stand and be human, but they want to be human."
We know that the so-called morality requires people to consider the interests of others and society as well as their own interests. China's traditional idea of "benevolence" requires people to think of others, sympathize with others, respect others, trust others, care for others, help others, be honest with others and be kind to others. This is a very valuable moral spirit. Although the universal "great love on earth" is only a beautiful fantasy under the situation of class opposition, the human spirit of "benevolence", as an active and healthy moral belief, has played a positive role in coordinating interpersonal relationships, easing social contradictions and maintaining social order and stability in the long history of human social civilization and progress.
3. China's traditional morality has always attached great importance to the moral value of human relations and emphasized everyone's moral obligations in human relations. Shangshu puts forward five religions, namely, father's righteousness, mother's kindness, brother and friend, brother's respect and son's filial piety. Mencius put forward the "five ethics", that is, "father and son are blind, monarch and minister are righteous, husband and wife are different, young and old are orderly, and friends have faith." Li Yun advocates "ten meanings", that is, "the father's kindness, the son's filial piety, the brother's kindness, the husband's righteousness, the woman's festival, the long-term benefit, the obedience of the young, the benevolence of the gentleman and the loyalty of the minister", which all stipulate the basic moral principles that everyone should abide by in order to maintain good interpersonal relationships from different perspectives.
China's traditional human relations thought emphasizes that individuals should abide by corresponding moral obligations in different relationships. Confucianism pays special attention to the harmony and order of family ethical relations. "Filial piety" means respect and kindness to the elders, and "care" means care and love to the younger generation, which is considered to be the basis of all morality. Not only that, Confucianism believes that a moral person should not only honor his parents, but also respect other elderly people; We should not only love our young people, but also care about other people's children. Mencius said: "I am old, and people are old; Young and frivolous, and young people. " This is a very noble interpersonal spirit. In the relationship between modern family and society and human relations, we vigorously advocate the virtues of respecting the old and caring for the young, honoring parents, loving husband and wife, and keeping friends, and carry forward all the valuable human moral spirits in China's traditional morality in the new era.