The application of China's ancient philosophy in modern enterprise management Abstract: China's ancient philosophy has a long history and is brilliant, which has given us an inexhaustible treasure house of management thoughts. With the deepening of the "people-oriented" management concept in the world, the value and function of China's ancient philosophy have become more and more prominent, and the study of China's management science has gradually become a prominent school. The management wisdom of Confucianism, Taoism and Legalism in China's ancient philosophy is very rich. From the eight virtues of Confucianism to the inaction of Taoism and the rule of law of Legalists, we can dig out many management ideas that serve the present, which is very beneficial to explore and study the modern management of China, which is "learning as the body and using western learning". Keywords: China's ancient philosophy; Modern enterprise management science is knowledge, and management philosophy is wisdom. An important task of management philosophy is to summarize and explore the wisdom in management practice. Wisdom comes from the observation of life practice and also from the meditation of the sages. It is a convenient way to get inspiration from sages and find practical wisdom of enterprise management. There are three main schools of ancient philosophy in China: Confucianism, Taoism and Legalism. Confucianism advocates "benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith", focusing on enlightening, educating and influencing people. Taoism advocates governing by doing nothing, respecting and conforming to objective laws, and not doing anything that goes against them. Legalists pay attention to the combination of "law, situation and technique", and these three philosophies have great influence on enterprise management. China's profound ancient philosophy is a treasure house full of wisdom, which has an important enlightening effect on our modern enterprise management, especially the enterprise management with China characteristics. 1. The application of Confucianism in modern enterprise management The Confucian classic "University" said: "Those who want to be wise in the world in ancient times should rule their country first, and those who want to rule their country should first cultivate their body and their hearts first." "The Analects of Confucius" says: "Its body is upright, and its actions are not ordered; His body is not right, although he is not obedient. " This shows that managers can only serve the public, be honest and play a good exemplary role. The content of virtue is "benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith". "Benevolence" is the core of Confucianism and the basis of Confucian morality, which contains almost all the norms of being a man. The core of benevolence is kindness, that is, sympathy, love and help. "Benevolence" is the basis of virtue, which is embodied in everything and makes people love each other. "Benevolence" is the source of love and the moral emotion itself. "Righteousness", "courtesy" and "wisdom" are the promotion and extension of "benevolence" and different expressions of moral feelings. Such as kindness, integrity, harmony, honesty and self-discipline. Only when managers have these good moral qualities and self-restraint, can they cultivate good personality charm, influence and infect subordinates with their own personality charm, and thus effectively lead subordinates. Enterprises may also produce intangible assets because of the personal charm of managers. One of the important purposes of corporate culture construction is to establish a harmonious relationship between people and create a caring environment in enterprises. Combining Confucian benevolence with modern humanitarianism is conducive to forming an atmosphere of respecting, trusting and caring for people in enterprises, creating a good interpersonal environment in which love is exchanged for love and dedication is exchanged for gratitude, so that all employees can continuously enhance their dedication and sincere service spirit. Benevolence requires managers to adhere to benevolence, benevolence and kindness to their subordinates, and requires employees to cooperate sincerely, love each other and be charitable. Only by forming a mutually respectful, friendly and harmonious working environment within the enterprise can we stimulate people's potential and organizational vitality to the maximum extent. Only when managers fully realize "people-oriented" can they pay full attention to the management of people and people's hearts and truly "aspire to be virtuous and polite". Practice has also proved that all enterprises that attach importance to "people-oriented" humanized management, encourage and motivate employees to actively participate in the daily management and decision-making of departments, cultivate employees' sense of collective honor and accomplishment, and create a stage for each employee to give full play to their talents can operate well. Nokia has a slogan "People-oriented technology". This shows that from the east to the west, the people-oriented business management concept has been emphasized. In fact, this concept existed in the traditional culture of China more than two thousand years ago. Mencius insisted on the basic view that "the people are the most important, the country is the second, and the monarch is the light"; There is also a famous saying that "the weather is not as good as the geographical position, and the geographical position is not as good as human harmony." It can be seen that the ancients attached importance to the "human factor". In business contacts, we should also adhere to the virtues of "benevolence" and "faithfulness". Confucian businessmen pay attention to "harmony is precious" and "harmony" means "wealth". For partners in the same industry, both competition and cooperation, cooperation in competition, competition in cooperation. Adhere to competition by proper means, do not engage in petty actions or denigrate competitors, and abandon unethical competitive behaviors. Confucianism advocates "faith", and its original meaning is "honesty and no deceit". Confucianism believes that honesty is the foundation of human nature and the source of heaven. The core of business ethics is honesty and trustworthiness. Honesty and trustworthiness are the foundation of being a man and the foundation of an enterprise. Honesty and trustworthiness is the conscience of the enterprise, and loyalty and trustworthiness to customers and partners is the sense of responsibility and justice of the enterprise. Only "honesty" can gain credibility. "Reputation" is the expression of honesty and is the basis for the survival and development of enterprises. An enterprise that has gained a wide social reputation and consumer trust will also be an enterprise that can be invincible in the tide of market economy. Market economy is contract economy and credit economy. It is the professional ethics that modern enterprises must have, and it is also the basic condition for fair and orderly competition. If an enterprise wants to make a profit, it must first figure out why and how to make a profit. Enterprises should pay attention to their conscience when making money, and what they get should be "profits under the sun". Enterprises should firmly establish contract consciousness and the moral spirit of faithful performance, put reputation first, pay attention to business ethics, and oppose arbitrary breach of contract and commercial fraud. Only by being honest and trustworthy, consciously maintaining the market order of fair competition and safeguarding the interests of the public can we maintain the reputation and image of the enterprise. Fraud, cajoling, breaking promises and making money without conscience will make enterprises lose credit and eventually lose the market. After thousands of years of screening and restoration, Confucianism has become the treasure of China's traditional thought. Confucian spirit attaches great importance to self-cultivation and moral integrity, which can correct and correct the loss of value, the degradation of human nature and moral confusion. Confucianism puts forward a moral standard system that a person should have, such as kindness, righteousness, harmony, honesty and self-discipline, which still plays an important role in the construction of modern professional ethics. Second, the application of Taoist thought in modern enterprise management "inaction" thought was put forward by Laozi in Tao Te Ching, which is the essence of Taoist theory and a basic principle provided by Taoist theory for us to be a man, live a life and run an enterprise. If we really understand the thought of "inaction", we will grasp the essence of Taoist thought. Now let's think about whether Laozi's thought of "governing by doing nothing" is the highest state of management. Is it still positive for modern management? Modern management philosophy should consider some fundamental problems in management practice, such as doing or not doing, restraint and freedom in management, which are universal contradictions. As an organization's management, it is first of all a kind of constraint and institutionalized control, with which the established goals of the organization can be realized. In short, "promising" is the basic content of management. Therefore, a standardized multinational company has a thorough system design, an extremely detailed code of conduct, and every step of people has an established arrangement. The organization is like a big "machine". But in a sense, freedom is the highest value of life, and it is also a necessary environment for life growth and value realization. So, is it better to have more constraints or more freedom in practice? Do you tend to be "promising" or pay attention to "inaction" How to realize the dialectical unity of restraint and freedom, action and inaction in management practice? I think Laozi's philosophy has given us some inspiration. Laozi's philosophy is not a knowledge system in the western sense, but a kind of life wisdom, which has profound enlightening significance for all human affairs, including management. "Doing nothing" means "Tao is natural" in Laozi's mind, that is, "people abide by the law, the land abides by the law, the sky abides by the law, and the Tao is natural". Laozi regards "Tao" as the foundation of the universe, and the essence of Tao is "always doing nothing and doing everything". It is the organic unity of inaction and inaction. Laozi's "inaction" does not mean doing nothing, not doing nothing, but saying "not being reckless", which means conforming to the objective situation and respecting the laws of nature. Applying the idea of "inaction" to the management of society and enterprises means that the behavior of leaders should conform to the laws of natural and social development, and formulate corresponding laws and systems according to the laws, which will not be easily changed; Under such laws and systems, people give full play to their intelligence and work hard. This is "inaction". Applying Laozi's inaction thought to modern management art is to decentralize the decision-making power of daily affairs and fully mobilize the enthusiasm of subordinates. Managers are committed to the determination of strategic guidelines, do their own jobs and work together to advance. Managers don't get involved in trivial matters, but use corporate culture to achieve organizational goals. However, on the other hand, Lao Tzu's inaction is not inaction, but doing something and not doing something, and achieving something in inaction. Therefore, the decentralization of enterprise decision-making power does not exclude any regulatory behavior, nor does it cancel management, but management has entered a higher level and a higher realm. Everyone is a manager, a participant in major decisions and an executor of decisions. It seems to be inaction, but in fact it is more promising and efficient. Laozi's "inaction" not only has reference value in human management, but also has important enlightenment in the operation of the whole enterprise. Enterprises should follow the law of demand change and the law of industrial production and operation, and engage in legitimate businesses that benefit consumers calmly, calmly and steadily. Whether an enterprise can survive and develop in the environment, the first question is whether it has "roots" and "roots". For enterprises, "inaction" can be "quiet"; "Quiet" can belong to its "origin"; Only by returning to its "origin" can there be "true roots" and "true roots"; With "true roots" and "true roots", we can grow up in the environment of the times, blossom real flowers and bear real fruits. Enterprises should understand that as long as there are roots, even if you are just a grass, no matter how big the storm of the times is, it will only be a support and nourishment for you. However, if you leave the roots and roots, or a set of false roots and roots, then no matter how good the climate is, it has nothing to do with you. This is the importance of "true roots" and "true roots" for the survival of enterprises. We know that this "true root" and "true book" do not mean that you can have it if you want. You can find out if you want to. For every enterprise, every business owner, it is not a simple matter to know whether he is a flower or a grass, what kind of flower and what kind of grass. In reality, we can often see that we don't know ourselves. Some enterprises and business owners misunderstand themselves because they are too optimistic about diversification, and put themselves in inappropriate "varieties" and "positions". In this way, they are equivalent to isolating themselves from the environment, just like a fish jumping ashore because it is too "promising". How does it survive and develop? Only by sitting tight can we return to the root and stick to it. Do what you have to do, and you will be safe. If it is a flower, it will bloom. If it is a fish, it can swim. If it is a monkey, it can jump. The same is true of running a business. You should try to let yourself know what you are best suited to do. You can't mistakenly think that there can be seventy-two changes, as if everything can be. That would be "reckless" and dangerous. Laozi's wisdom is not a tool that can be learned immediately, but an enlightenment of thought and a direction guide. We cannot copy the ideas of ancient philosophers. The management significance of "inaction" is that modern management is undoubtedly based on science, and scientific ideas are the basis of modern management. However, behind this science, Laozi's wisdom is the "avenue" to introduce management into a new realm.