In the cultural tradition of the Chinese nation, classic ancient books constitute its core. Classic ancient books not only inherit the history of China people's struggle, but also inherit the basic spirit of the Chinese nation. China culture is called ethical culture. Its essence is praised as Chinese virtue by the world. It plays an extremely important role in strengthening national cohesion, inspiring national spirit, integrating group values and coordinating social order. Chinese traditional virtues have rich and systematic contents. It includes: the relationship between individuals and the state, such as "everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world", "worry about the world first, and enjoy the world later"; The relationship between individuals and others, such as "being kind to others", "being honest with others" and "don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you"; Personal cultivation issues, such as "aim high", "strive for self-improvement", "wealth can't be lewd, poverty can't be moved, and powerful people can't bend" and so on; Moreover, individuals, collectives and countries are integrated, such as "self-cultivation, family planning, governing the country and leveling the world." Such an ethical value system is rare in other countries. Chinese traditional virtues constitute the spirit of the Chinese nation.
Today, it is of great practical significance to carry forward Chinese traditional virtues. This is because: first, the modernization of society has brought about the conflict of values. Whether to maintain traditional virtues in this conflict is related to the future of the Chinese nation. As an ideology, value ideology reflects the relations of production, and the establishment of new relations of production is bound to be accompanied by the establishment of new value ideology. However, the establishment of the new value ideology was not invented out of thin air, but developed in the criticism and transformation of the old value ideology. Today, we advocate carrying forward Chinese traditional virtues, that is, to carry forward the excellent essence of China's traditional value ideology, combine it with modernization, create a new civilization of socialist modernization, and promote socialist modernization. Deng Xiaoping Theory proposed to build a powerful socialist country with China characteristics. What are the characteristics? My understanding is that on the one hand, it is socialism, and on the other hand, it is the cultural background of China. Only by carrying forward Chinese traditional virtues can we build socialism with China characteristics. Second, frequent international exchanges have brought many foreign, especially western values. "McDonald's Culture" is eroding China culture. We don't exclude western culture, including its values, but we should choose and transform it and choose its advanced and excellent essence, such as their scientific spirit, democratic spirit, open consciousness and enterprising spirit. At the same time, we should abandon all decadent and backward values, or values that are suitable for the West but not in line with China's national conditions. To carry forward Chinese virtues is to inspire the national spirit, resist the erosion of all bad values and establish healthy new socialist virtues.
Third, the current situation of moral education for teenagers urgently needs to strengthen the education of Chinese virtues. For a long time, moral education in China has been idealized, fuzzy and formalized. Teenagers know some empty truths, but they don't know the initial moral requirements and don't implement them; It is impossible to judge the ugliness in real life, and some are even influenced by ugly behavior in society. Therefore, it is extremely necessary to tell them what Chinese virtues are, and let them know that the Chinese nation has created Chinese traditional virtues, and it has also grown and developed under the nurturing of Chinese traditional virtues; Today, if we want to build the motherland and revitalize China, we need to carry forward the traditional Chinese virtues and abide by the civic morality of "patriotism and law-abiding, courtesy and honesty, unity and friendliness, diligence and self-improvement, dedication and dedication". Study hard for the prosperity of the motherland today and make contributions to building a well-off society in an all-round way tomorrow. The 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed to build a well-off society in an all-round way in 20 years. In these 20 years, our young people who are now studying at school will become the backbone of the motherland's construction, and their growth will be related to whether the traditional Chinese virtues can be passed down or not, and to the success or failure of building a well-off society in an all-round way.
The traditional virtue education in China should start with children, and let them practice and form habits at an early age. Thinkers and educators in ancient China knew this truth. In order to make children remember various rules of behavior, they compiled many easy-to-understand and catchy readers and proverbs. For example, saint, money, etc. On the one hand, let children read and learn knowledge, on the other hand, learn traditional virtues, practice them and keep them in mind, thus forming habits. Of course, these books are no longer available today. There are many feudal things in it, but many of them represent the traditional virtues of China and should be passed down. Therefore, we should have a new reader and compile aphorisms representing the traditional virtues of China's advanced culture into books, so that teenagers can read them widely and guide them to practice hard, thus promoting the construction of social spiritual civilization. Therefore, it is of great significance for Higher Education Press to edit and publish the Classic Series of China Cultural Basic Education. Choose the contents of classic ancient books that are suitable for teenagers to read and have the vitality of the times, so that teenagers can read and recite. Some content teenagers may not understand for a while, but with the growth of age and knowledge, he will understand the profound truth. I also read one point four books and five classics when I was a child. For example, when I was a child, I recited "University". "The way of a university is to be virtuous, to be close to the people, and to stop at perfection." I didn't understand it then, but now I understand the truth that it teaches people to be human. "Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you" was also recited when I read The Analects of Confucius as a child, and now it has become my motto. It can be seen that it is very beneficial to read and recite some ancient books when you have a good memory when you are young. Of course, I don't advocate reading classics in the past. The main content of China's Four Books and Five Classics is to promote feudal morality, which is incompatible with the spirit of democracy and science advocated today. However, there is no lack of morality in dealing with people and the truth of teaching people to cultivate their self-cultivation, which is the essence of Chinese national culture mentioned above, and we still have to inherit and carry forward it today.
The ancients did this, and so do modern people. Because virtue is passed down from generation to generation, because virtue is in our hearts, and because we are sons and daughters of China. Let us hand in hand, heart to heart * * * inherit the virtues of civilization, carry forward the national spirit, and let this beautiful flower of life of the Chinese nation bloom all over the world.