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Ideological shackles were formed that helped to stabilize society and enslave working people.
It is a milestone in the development of culture.
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At that time, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were different from the feudal society.
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The ideas of Confucius have had an impact on today's society both politically and educationally.
1. Politics: Confucius Thought is of great significance to the construction of morality in the modern world.
Confucius's spirit of benevolence and forgiveness should be the central value of mutual respect and peaceful coexistence among all nations and countries in the world today. Confucius's advocacy of "harmony without diversity" should be the basic law for overcoming "Western-centrism" and "great power chauvinism" and realizing the existence of cultural diversity, the common development of ethnic groups, and the common prosperity of the country.
Taking "do not do to others what you do not want to do to yourself", "establishing others as you want, and reaching others as you want" as the lowest consensus in world political thought, and looking at other countries and nations with the same kind eyes as Confucius towards others, we can achieve a "Taoist" Datong society.
In today's international community, the phenomenon of strong countries invading weak countries has intensified, economic crises have also occurred frequently, the earth's ecological environment has been seriously damaged, and the whole world is bred in hidden instability. The idealized construction of the moral system and the moral requirements for the individual in Confucius's thought are just right for the current social context, which has also been recognized by people of insight from all over the world.
2. Education: Confucius Thought has had a significant impact on modern education.
As we all know, Confucius attached great importance to education and put forward many important educational ideas: teaching students according to their aptitude, teaching and learning from each other, combining learning and thinking, attaching importance to practice, and combining learning with teachers. Some of these points seem even more remarkable today.
In the modern education that emerged in the West, technical education and vocational education are the most important contents.
Confucius's educational ideas are reflected in the book "Analects", and "engaging in politics" is the task of Confucianism, that is, "learning and excelling will lead to excellence". Therefore, under the influence of Confucius's educational thoughts, the traditional Chinese education system is aimed at cultivating talents for the governance of the country.
Confucius was regarded as the "Master of All Ages" by later generations, which is really due to the profundity and long-term applicability of educational ideas in his ideological system. To this day, many of the elements of Confucius's educational thought are still applicable to modern society.
Confucius's Ideas :
1. Confucius advocated the rule of etiquette and opposed the rule of law. The meaning of rites was very extensive in ancient times, referring to the etiquette and rituals of international communication, the crown, marriage, funeral, sacrifice, feast and other ceremonies of the nobles, including political systems, moral norms, etc.
2. Confucius advocated self-denial and retribution. "The Analects of Yan Yuan" records: "Yan Yuan asks benevolence.
Zi said: 'Self-denial is benevolence. Once said self-denial, the world will return to benevolence.
Yan Yuan asked what the specific content of "self-denial and retribution" was, and Confucius said: "Don't look at incivility, don't listen to incivility, don't speak incivility, and don't move incivility." ”
3. In terms of education, Confucius advocated the spirit of "teaching without class", "teaching according to aptitude" and "never tiring of learning and teaching people".
4. In terms of morality, he advocates "forgiveness, shame, trustworthiness, sensitivity, benevolence, gentleness, kindness, courtesy, thrift, and letting".
1. Mencius inherited Confucius's idea of "benevolence" as the core, Confucius had the teaching of "killing oneself to become benevolent", and Mencius also used the vivid metaphor of fish and bear's paws to illustrate the principle of "sacrificing one's life for righteousness". >>>More
There are classes without teaching, and teaching students according to their aptitude.
Confucianism still has a certain positive significance today, Confucius emphasized benevolence in politics, education in accordance with aptitude, and etiquette in behavior. In today's society, these are more practical, he told rulers to practice benevolent government, educators to educate according to the characteristics of students, and he emphasized etiquette can be used as our code of conduct today: respect for teachers, filial piety to parents, to be humble and not arrogant.
It is suitable for the peaceful and prosperous era, because such an idea also requires the ruler to be benevolent, and the ruler in the troubled era has no ability to be benevolent at all, because this will lose the dominant position, so the way of Confucius and Mencius is most suitable for the peaceful and prosperous era.
Confucius's thought cannot be denied in its entirety, and indeed part of it is worthy of recognition, but I think it is more obscured than good, and the bad is greater than good. Safeguard the interests of the feudal emperor, blindly rule his subordinates, and blindly make people pay for their lives, feelings, and lives! >>>More