Traditional virtues of the Chinese nation
The so-called traditional virtues of the Chinese nation refer to the 5,000-year history of China that has been handed down, has influence, can be inherited, and is constantly innovated and developed, benefiting the next generation. excellent moral legacy. To sum up, it is: the sum of the Chinese nation’s excellent moral character, excellent national spirit, lofty national integrity, noble national emotions and good national habits. It marks the "form" and "soul" of the Chinese nation. It is also the crystallization of the practice of our people in dealing with interpersonal relationships, the relationship between man and society, and the relationship between man and nature for more than two thousand years. The traditional virtues of the Chinese nation are mainly reflected in the following aspects:
1. Advocating the unyielding national integrity and the national spirit of determined to serve the country.
Since ancient times, the Chinese nation has advocated the national integrity of "wealth and honor cannot be promiscuous, poverty and lowliness cannot be moved, and power cannot be surrendered" and "sacrifice one's life to achieve benevolence". Patriotism, as the national spirit, is the core of the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation. In history, China has been repeatedly invaded by foreign enemies, and the country was destroyed and the family was destroyed. People's patriotism was strongly expressed and sublimated into the sentiment and spirit of devotion to the country. Therefore, Yue Fei's "loyalty to the country" and Wei Yuan's "teacher" appeared. The barbarians develop skills to control the barbarians" and Sun Yat-sen's "Drive out the Tartars and restore China". Patriotism has become a huge force that promotes the continuous progress of the Chinese nation.
2. Advocate the establishment of harmonious and coordinated social and ethical relationships.
The traditional virtues of the Chinese nation emphasize the establishment of a harmonious and coordinated human relationship. It advocates "putting righteousness first", "unifying benefits with righteousness", "first righteousness before benefit", and requires "thinking about righteousness when seeing benefit" and "thinking about righteousness when seeing benefit". "Yi" refers to national interests and national interests, and "profit" refers to personal interests. Emphasis on social interests over personal interests, emphasizing the individual's moral obligation to the whole. This is a group spirit rooted in social culture and then extended to the collectivist spirit of the entire nation and country.
3. Advocate the humanitarian spirit of "benevolence".
Confucius advocated that "the benevolent love others", while Mencius proposed the idea of ??"the king despising the people". This idea that requires all people to respect, understand, care for, love and help others with a "benevolent" heart is the most popular moral heritage among the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation.
4. Promote basic moral concepts and codes of conduct through personal practice.
The traditional virtues of the Chinese nation advocate the steps and models for realizing life ideals of "cultivation, family harmony, country governance, and world peace". This basic moral concept of human conduct is the basic requirement for human beings to carry out material production activities and their own survival and development, and is also the minimum code of conduct for people to live together. It correctly reflects the objective requirements of the development of human society, and it is a scientific and excellent legacy of moral relations in human society.
Traditional morality generally plays a role when the society is stable, but there is no place for it when the society changes drastically. As the saying goes, "policy is based on virtue, and good things reward function." The ancients said: "If you use history as a mirror, you can know the rise and fall." History has proven that Confucian ethics often exerts its social effects in stabilizing society, easing conflicts, and regulating interpersonal relationships in peaceful and prosperous times. Contemporary China has entered a relatively stable period of peaceful development. Social stability and political stability are China's overall interests. In order to achieve the grand goal of building a harmonious society, unity, cooperation and joint efforts from all aspects of society are needed. Among them, moral construction is undoubtedly an important spiritual cornerstone and a powerful starting point for building a harmonious society. Whether a society can be harmonious and whether a country can enjoy long-term stability depends largely on the ideological and moral quality of all members of society. The level of moral construction is an important symbol of a harmonious socialist society.
To strengthen moral construction, we must inherit the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation. Morality has always been the unity of reality and history. Socialist morality is not water without a source or a tree without roots, but is rooted in the fertile soil of national culture and is the continuation and sublimation of traditional virtues. To inherit the traditional virtues of China is to take the background of traditional Chinese morality as the basis, inherit the content of traditional morality that meets the requirements of the times and is conducive to the coordinated development of the economy and society, and promote it to all people. Liang Qichao once said in his book "New People's Theory": "If China wants to build a new country, it must first have new people. The new people are different from the Chinese people of the old times and must meet several conditions. The most necessary condition is public morality. "Promoted by new economic, political, and cultural changes, the moral structure of today's society has undergone major changes, and some new fields and new trends have emerged.
To carry out moral construction, we must not only vigorously inherit and carry forward the excellent traditions of the Chinese nation's moral culture, but also learn and draw on the excellent achievements of moral construction in other countries around the world. We must also inspire people to keep pace with the times, pioneering and innovative spirits, and create new products that adapt to the socialist market. New morals and new concepts required by economic development. At the same time, we must also carry forward the fine morals formed by the party in leading the people in revolution, construction and reform. Chinese traditional virtues regulate and guide people's behavior and spiritual pursuits, and at the same time they are constantly enriched and developed in people's practice in the new era. If we want to inherit and carry forward the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, we must make them develop with the development of the times.
Building a harmonious society benefits all people and reflects the fundamental interests of the people and the common aspirations of the Communist Party. A harmonious society will not come out of nowhere, nor can it just wait. Building a harmonious society is everyone’s responsibility. People are the sum total of social relations and the main body of social construction. A harmonious and beautiful society requires down-to-earth hard work and the joint participation of all people. Every member of society performs his or her duties, assumes his or her professional and social roles, performs his or her duties, and does his or her job well; every member of society abides by his or her own rules, has a sense of law and integrity, and consciously abides by social rules, Rules and regulations and public order. Everyone takes action and contributes. Only in this way can our society achieve harmony faster and better.