Title: On Progress of Menfucius′ People-Oriented Thoughts
Abstract: Mencius′ people-oriented thoughts are indeed more novel and valuable than his predecessors′ and contemporaries′.Their progress lies in the fact that he thought people must be put in the first place,then the state,finally the governor.He inherited and further developed the people-oriented thoughts of the Qin Dynasty.In bevevolence and benevolent governing,he carried forward Confucius′ benevolent thoughts.He attached importance to people,morality and business,which was superior to Legalist School′s way to fool people,worsen their morality and restrain the business.Limited by his class and historical factors,Menfucius′ thoughts are still aimed at protecting the feudal monarchism,but has democratic elements in them and thus plays a role in criticizing the feudal autorcracy,cleaning up the corruptive government,fostering officials′ consciousness of uprighrness and enlightening democracy.Today,we can still benefit from the essence of Menfucius′ thoughts when we are building a socialism with Chinese characteristics.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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