Confucius' Main Poetic Thoughts

Confucius' theory of "complaining about enjoying the scenery" reveals the purpose, artistic technique and expressive technique of poetry creation. Confucius thinks that learning poetry can improve these four abilities, and actually reveals four functions of poetry. These four functions, together with the practicality of being close to the father and far away from the monarch and the role of understanding objective things, make Confucius a thinker who comprehensively summarizes the functions of poetry.

Confucius Thought 1, Thinker: Confucius initiated the Confucian ideological system, advocating "benevolence, love", "self-denial, self-respect", "killing yourself to be benevolent" (the spirit of benevolence), advocating "don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you" (the spirit of benevolence), and advocating "being a man if you want to stand and be a man if you want to succeed"

2. Educators: advocate the educational principle of "teaching without distinction", the educational strategy of "teaching students in accordance with their aptitude" and the educational method of "drawing inferences from others".

3. Politicians: advocate the political program of "ruling the country by virtue", advocate "politician's integrity" and "being upright and not giving orders; He is not upright, although he is disobedient, and put forward the political vision of "Great Harmony in the World" in the Book of Rites.