ethical philosophy

ethical philosophy

Xiuqi Zhiping, a Chinese word, Pinyin is Xi ū Q í zh ì P í ng, which means to improve one's self-cultivation, manage one's family well, govern one's country well, and pacify the common people all over the world. It generally refers to ethical philosophy (such as the filial piety of regulating one's family, the loyalty of governing the country, and the righteousness of pacifying the world) and political theory. From the book of rites · University.

Idiom usage

Example: preface to sun wenism series by Liao Zhongkai: "Mr. Liu advocates the theory of easy to know difficult, the three people's principles, the five power constitution, and the outline of the founding of the people's Republic, which is the way of the people's Republic of China."

The origin of Idioms

original text

In ancient times, those who wanted to be clear and virtuous first ruled their country. If you want to govern your country, you should first Qi (QI) and (5) your family. If you want to be in the same family, you should first cultivate your body. If you want to cultivate your body, you should first correct your mind. If you want to correct your mind, you should be sincere first. If you want to be sincere, you should know it first. Knowledge is based on the rule of things. The rule of things is based on the rule of family. The rule of country is based on the rule of country. From the emperor to the common people, one is that they are all based on self-cultivation.

notes

Mingde: the virtue of light; Governance: governance; Qi: his integrity; rectification; cultivation; correction; correction; Zhi: here is the meaning of enrichment; Gewu: the principle of studying things. One is: all, all, all. One: one

translation

In ancient times, those who want to make virtue manifest in the world must first govern their country; to govern their country well, they must first rectify their own home; to rectify their home, they must first carry out self-cultivation; to carry out self-cultivation, they must first correct their thoughts; to correct their thoughts, they must first make their mind honest; to make their mind honest, they must first enrich their knowledge; to make their mind honest The enrichment of knowledge depends on the study of the world. only after studying the world's affairs can we enrich our knowledge, acquire knowledge, and make our mind sincere. Only after we make our mind honest, can we correct our thoughts, correct our thoughts, and carry out self-cultivation. Only after self-cultivation, can we straighten out our family, straighten out our family, govern our country, and make virtue manifest in our country All over the world. From the emperor to the common people, all of them should take self-cultivation as the basis of life.

application

Confucian language. "Cultivation" refers to self-cultivation; "Qi" refers to governing the family, "governing the country" and "pacifying the world". Taking "self-cultivation" as the center, they emphasized the consistency between personal moral cultivation and governing the country and pacifying the world. They advocated that from near to far, from oneself to others, they regarded "learning from things", "sincerity" and "righting the heart" as the basis of "self-cultivation", "governing the family", "governing the country" and "pacifying the world", forming the whole system of feudal ethical and political philosophy. In this way, the moral theory of Confucianism is more systematic and theoretical.