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The role and significance of college students learning Mencius' theory of human nature
The value of Mencius' theory of human nature to contemporary education

Mencius' theory of human nature mainly includes several links: good nature, good nature and good nature. Its purpose is to make people develop four virtues into four virtues through moral education. Under the influence of modern moral education theory, the goal, function and mode of moral education have been improved according to the development and progress of economy and society, so that the educated can use moral education for life to improve their self-goodness.

The wise Confucian philosophy contains rich moral education thoughts. Modern moral education has laid a solid foundation with its unique charm and led modern moral education to perfection. The four virtues of benevolence, righteousness, courtesy and wisdom have been explaining the purpose from ancient times to the present, that is, the process of building an ideal personality. Moral education must play its own value and significance. How to make teachers form self-education consciousness in the process of moral education is a problem that modern moral educators think about.

An analysis of the theory of good nature

Mencius' gongsun Chou Shang pointed out: without compassion, it is inhuman; Shameless and evil-free, inhuman; A heart that is not resigned to fate is inhuman; It is nothing more than an inhuman and compassionate heart; The end of shame and evil is also; The heart of resignation is also the end of ceremony; Modern moral education has found a theoretical basis for human education.

() People's Goodness and Goodness Motivation

Mencius believes that human nature has innate goodness, and the so-called goodness of human nature is still underwater. There is no goodness underwater. People only have goodness and goodness when their moral psychology is budding, and they also have the moral quality of benevolence, righteousness, courtesy and wisdom. Only through subjective efforts can the four virtues sprout and benevolence, righteousness, courtesy and wisdom be realized. Mencius' theory of human goodness inherits Confucius' theory of human nature, refines the goodness of human nature and highlights the innate goodness of human beings.

Mencius advocated that human nature is rooted in goodness, and also confirmed the necessary conditions for the development of education. For every creature who comes into this world, he must become a person before he becomes an adult. He has a material basis for the inheritance of life in his parents. If people want to be true and upright, they have to go through the second generation-the way of human beings is that adults can only stimulate their inner subjective psychological feelings of doing good by conducting necessary moral education on the basis of doing good.

(B) the meaning of human kindness

Mencius' theory of human nature demonstrates that people's adult process has a kind nature and a subjective will to be kind, and also demonstrates the necessary conditions for success-being good at what they are, being able to do what they can, and being capable; The conscience of those who know what they think is also Mencius' exposition of knowing what people can do. He proposed that universal moral principles such as benevolence, righteousness, propriety and wisdom were imposed on others from the outside and originated from human goodness. Mencius warned people through the sage personality that good things will gradually disappear if they are not actively preserved by the outside world. It also affirms that people are good at realizing self-worth. Mencius said that saints are like me; Cao Jiao asked,' Everyone has his own virtue' Mencius said,' The personality of a saint is endowed with extremes and mysteries by human beings. Seemingly distant and learned remarks have aroused the challenge of human self-ambition. The four ends of human beings show that people have innate ability to become virtuous. Mencius believes that only good motivation and ability can expand people's kindness and people can transform themselves into society. People rely on truth-seeking, kindness and essence. Ideological education is also the only way to temper people's personality when they are alive. Mencius emphasized the importance of seeking foreign education and never forgot the importance of education.

Second, the good experience of modern moral education

Mencius believes that the essence of conscience is the root of human external virtue, and the perfection of human nature and morality needs research and efforts to expand and cultivate the traditional moral education model of the country. Under the guidance of the theory of goodness, it emphasizes the role of teachers in moral education, while modern moral education is influenced by the theory of goodness, and advocates a teacher-led and student-centered moral education model.

() The goal of modern moral education under the guidance of goodness theory.

The ideal goal of moral education should be to learn from sages, that is, to realize the goodness of human nature by virtue of gentleman's personality. The goal of modern moral education is to grasp the existence of morality, transform goodness into realistic goodness through people's internal consciousness and external cultivation, so that everyone can enjoy equal treatment in moral cultivation and advocate people to follow ideal personality: ambition, patience and intention. Mencius' humanistic concern for moral subjects shows that society must respect and meet people's moral requirements, including their spiritual life, and improve people's moral ideals, moral quality and moral realm. Only by paying attention to excavating and stimulating students' good wishes and giving full play to the function of conscience and moral adjustment can school moral education finally realize people's all-round development and realize the goal of lifelong education.

(B) the function of modern moral education under the influence of goodness theory

For the first time in the history of education, the theory of good human nature was understood and expounded from a theoretical perspective. Modern educational ideas explore the basic conditions for the smooth progress of educational activities from both teachers and students. The teacher set an example of good conduct for the students. The foundation of students' kindness has planned its development process, and educated students at the end of kindness to expand it; Self-education based on the root of goodness has realized the starting point of self-worth and moral life, and zero children have conceived the subject of moral life from the beginning. If the teacher realizes that students have conscience and knowledge, they can be good, and they can be good. Students' good will and ability may be realized in the teaching process. Mencius' four virtues and the traditional culture of the Wuchang countries have injected a kind of moral consciousness and ethical spirit. The process of expanding kindness is the ethical process of building harmony between man and society. Social moralization develops people's moralization and becomes talents. Without moral education, there is no spiritual home in society. Without virtue, society is chaotic and dangerous. Social moral education is based on good human nature, and society and people provide fundamental material and spiritual guarantee. People-oriented theory reveals that school education must be based on morality, advocating respecting the virtuous and respecting morality, and advocating the goal of moral education. Only in this way can the true meaning of moral education be truly brought into play, and moral education can provide a stage for students to develop themselves physically and mentally based on goodness.

(C) Modern moral education mode under the implication of goodness theory

The pursuit of lofty ideals and goals in human moral education provides the ability and methods to turn these ideals and goals into reality. Mencius' theory of good nature analyzes the specific moral education model. The dialectical unity of knowing and doing highlights the Confucian discussion on the relationship between moral theory and moral practice. The focus of moral cultivation should be implemented. How to transform moral concept into moral behavior through concrete moral education mode? Mencius' moral education thought enlightens that the only way for modern moral education is to improve the consciousness of self-moral education and cultivate moral self-practice. Quality: Emphasize that body movements should show self-subjectivity, attach importance to self-thinking, self-judgment and self-experience, learn to think independently and make appropriate choices. This idea has something in common with the contemporary value clarification method, and it is the same as the contemporary moral education that emphasizes learning to choose themes.

Mencius shaped the essence of personality ideal, that is, the modern moral education model set a model of noble moral ideal, and realized that morality has complete four-terminal expansion, and only by carrying it forward can we have a thorough self-knowledge, which means that any moral education paradigm is committed to establishing a moral learning mechanism, which is the real morality. Moral education instills existing social moral norms and codes of conduct into students, enlightens and awakens students' moral consciousness and conscience, and enables students to establish moral ideals. Understanding the true meaning of life is a popular saying in society to comment on school moral education: 5+2 = 0, that is, students' ideological education in school for five days is better than the influence of family and society for two days. Mencius' moral concept of self-cultivation and family discipline warns us that we must overthrow the dogmatism and formalization of modern moral education. The so-called extension of life should be the extension of moral education, and the foundation of moral education in the life world should be as big as it is. Modern moral education mode must inherit and carry forward the traditional moral education concept, and permeate the value and significance of moral education from the inside out.

Third, the future moral education comes from the theory of transformed goodness.

At present, people's material living standards have reached a very high level, creating material civilization. At the same time, we should also hold high and pursue high-level goodness, endow goodness with broader connotation and distinctive characteristics of the times, and strive to create truth, goodness and beauty. Mencius' theory of moral responsibility consciousness can awaken people to pursue personality ideals and beliefs, and actively realize and improve their own moral responsibilities. The future education will eventually move towards lifelong education mode, and the form of moral learning must rely on individual initiative, and the formation of morality should rely on itself to complete future moral development. Depending on moral acceptance and moral choice, life and study, when people choose their own fields of interest or importance, they leave a vast space for their own virtues, instincts, reactions and habits. When morality conflicts with society, they can make their own choices to conform to the state of moral life and improve moral efficiency.

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