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Confucianism Rejuvenation and Order Reconstruction in the Market Times
——Also discussing the inheritance and transcendence of Zhang Bai’s ethical industry
Author: Fu Changzhen
Source: Original in “Wenya: Zhang Bai, Confucianism and the Construction of the Family”, edited by Zhou Jingyao,Guiliangri published the May 2016 edition
Time: Confucius was in the 2568th year of Dingyou Puyue, Guihai
Jesus June 5, 2017
Tomorrow we will grandly commemorate the famous theorist Zhang Feng and deeply study the precious thoughts and inheritance he left behind. It is not purely a thought of the past, but rather a reflection on our profound and folded contemporary ideas and real concerns. As we all know, the Song and Ming Philosophy are a “Cenn” of Confucian philosophy. Our search for problems in the times is always related to the pursuit of tradition. Baocai Sweetheart Network: What is the real energy of Confucianism in Song and Ming dynasties? How to recognize the revival of Confucianism in the era of cultural development? How to understand and build a unique energy world of Chinese people? This article reconstructs this industrialization perspective from the perspective of Confucian rejuvenation and order in the market era, and makes a further step-by-step exploration of the inheritance and beyond problems of Confucian ethics represented by Zhang Feng.
The Confucian revival discussed in this article starts with a basic field of view that contemporary China has entered from the era of market necessity to the era of market full-scale market economy, from doubting market economy and embracing market economy, finally sliding to market society, and being called market economy. Secondly, can Confucianism be revived and why can it be revived? The Confucianism mentioned here mainly refers to the Confucian ethical civilization and the tradition of Confucian energy.
1. What is the market era?
For more than 30 years of continuous transformation and opening up, the market mechanism was released from the governing planning system, which greatly stimulated the economic vitality of our country and created the so-called Chinese miracle.DP ranks second in the world and becomes the second largest economy in the world. The market and market concepts have gained unparalleled honor, which directly promoted economic development and social prosperity. Abundant career replaced the old days of slackness. Social Darmaintaining and nourishing literary style, and the prosperity brought by economic flying can be seen everywhere.
When we were excited about China’s sudden rise, we were all surrounded by our lives, whether we admit or not, whether we were willing or not, we were unable to help but be swept into an era of full market success, from “having a market economy” (having a market economy) finally slipped into “being a market society’s logic? society). To borrow Sander’s section, market economy is a thing, a precious and efficient thing that organizes production activities. Market society is a career approach, which means that market value and money will lead every corner of the career. The important ones are characterized by the following:
First, the market is no longer a simple exchange venue, but the entire society has become a market. The market is no longer a purely resource-settings installation form and economic tuning mechanism, but a social organization mechanism. The market is no longer the cornerstone of social economy but the operator of social order. The market and market value view penetrate into all aspects of social careers, and dominates our career methods, thinking methods, approach methods and action abilities with an unprecedented historical approach. Almost everything can be bought and sold, including selfless love and pure love. The market only has invisible hands, which captured our double hands and brains.
Secondly, market logic has been widely penetrated into non-market areas, which has caused serious infringement on areas that are originally affiliated with non-market disciplines. Market relations invade non-market areas such as teaching, doctors, temples, etc., differentiate the relationship between teachers and students, doctors and patients into commodity exchange relations. Monks and judging teachers have also become merchants, greed for greed under the banner of worship and compassion. With the expansion of market relations, the market principles have been expanded to the international relations in the non-market areas. People only compete, not cooperation and cooperation. The international relations are single-in-one into competitive relations. The “social Darwenism” invades the social muscles.
This is an era when everything needs to be sold for sale. The “ethical and moral laws” are replaced by the “money laws” and the “first come first served” are replaced by the “fill is obtained”. Morality is stormed by the good and driven by the good. Material desires conceal people’s hearts and tend to lose their moral character. There are large-scale distortions and moral crisis in society. It can be seen that the market is a double blade. There are both the effect of optimized settings and installation resources, as well as corruptionThe ability of the human heart to enrich the meaning; it not only brings a abundant life, but also eliminates the meaning of life; it not only extends the length of life, but also reduces the number of life and the temperature of emotions. A good career worth pursuing should have multiple dimensions, and at most it needs to meet the basic human moral ethics and energy needs. However, our self-willed worship on the market has caused us to pay high prices and greatly weaken our basic ability to seek a “good career”.
In short, the infinite expansion of market relations is seriously affecting the social and ideological foundations of traditional ethical civilization. From the most basic perspective, it resisted the inheritance of excellent traditional ethics such as “integrity”, “interesting”, “provinciality”, “provinciality”, “provinciality”, and “filial piety” in Confucianism. The traditional energy civilization and historical relics are commercialized and become symbols of commodities and their profitable skills, destroying the physical conveyors that Confucian civilization inherits.
2. Why can Confucianism be revived?
In the era when market relations are unfolding, can the ethical value advocated by Confucianism represent the traditional Chinese ethical civilization that cannot be inherited, developed and bright? Can Confucianism be revived and how can it be revived?
The Confucian tradition has been extended for more than two thousand years. Although it has been difficult to achieve hard work, it has continued to introduce new products and maintains great vitality. This is Confucianism as a spiritual tradition. “Tradition is a social civilizational inheritance, a symbol of the illusion of the various scheming, worship, value concepts and behavioral methods created by humans in the past; it maintains a certain degree of continuity and unity between generation and time, between one historical stage and another, and forms a civilization password for social creation and recreation itself. It also brings order and meaning to human preservation.”[i]American scholar Hals divided tradition into “quality tradition” and non-quality tradition. The so-called “quality tradition” is the expression of the original mental direction of human beings, such as admiration for ancestors and authority, contemplation for family and hometown, and longing for family and affection. Most of the life experiences have this need, and without them, humans cannot be preserved. In Confucian civilization, there are many such “real traditions”, which are what we call “the principles of ancient and modern times”, such as “the father is kind and filial to the son”, “harmonious but different”, “benevolent loves others”, “do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you”, etc. These “reasons” shared by ancient and modern times are a series of values recognized by Confucian civilization in the process of historical inheritance of its Confucian civilization, and have broad meanings for the preservation and development of society in coordination. It is precisely these “comprehensive principles of ancient and modern times” that have become the ability of ConfucianismRealizing the civilization gene of revival. This gene is the god of Confucianism and the soul of Confucianism.
The reason why practical traditions have been admired and followed by people for a long time and have strong moral norms for people’s behavior is because these traditions often have a sacred Charisma characteristic. This kind of characteristics is not only those with extraordinary power and their blood sacred powers, and a series of action forms, foil