. This is an important principle used to deal with interpersonal relationships in Confucian moral cultivation. "Forgiveness" was first put forward by Confucius.
Yes, and for the sake of forgiveness, it has been defined as "forgive, don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you" (The Analects of Wei Linggong). This is what Confucius said when he answered a question from Zi Gong. Zi Gong's question is: "Is there anyone who can walk all his life with one word?" (is there a sentence that can be pursued for a lifetime? Confucius also said in the Analects of Confucius: "A benevolent man wants to be a man, and he wants to be successful. It can be said that the benevolent side has already existed. "
Here, "I want to stand up, I want to touch people." And "Don't do to others what you don't want them to do to you." Similarities
But the latter sentence is more negative, while the former sentence appears to be active.
About "loyalty", it has something to do with Ceng Zi's "infidelity for others". "Loyalty" here refers to
Try your best to do things for others and be loyal to your duties. Accordingly, in the Song Dynasty, Zhu proposed [3] in the Notes on Four Books: "Do your best."
This means loyalty, which means forgiving yourself. "Later, the Confucian interpretation of loyalty and forgiveness was different, but they all pushed themselves and others.
Put yourself in others' shoes. Later, the words "loyalty and forgiveness" gradually became one.
Use a specific concept, no longer separate. The above two sentences: "Don't do to others what you don't want them to do to you" and "Don't do to others what you don't want them to do to you"
But to build a person, you have to achieve it and get it. "Loyalty and forgiveness" is the specific connotation or explanation of the word "loyalty and forgiveness". For more than two thousand years
"Loyalty and forgiveness" has always been an important content of Confucian moral cultivation, and interpersonal relationships have been correctly handled so far.
It still has practical guiding significance.
2 Confucian concept of loyalty and forgiveness and its contemporary value
"The way of loyalty and forgiveness" is the core of Confucius thought and Confucianism, and it is also the essence of China culture.
"Loyalty and forgiveness" is not only the expression of "the benevolent loves others", but also the concretization of "pushing oneself and others".
The way of "loyalty and forgiveness" is embodied in two aspects: "loyalty and forgiveness" means "you have tried to stand up and become a person, and you have tried to become a person". "Forgiveness" means "Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you".
The way of loyalty and forgiveness is the concrete way and method to reach the highest spiritual realm of benevolence, the way to be close to the people, the way to be the best, the way to be a university and the way to be neutral.
Contemporary value:
1, "the way of loyalty and forgiveness" is the universal ethics of human beings and the same moral norm to solve various contradictions in human society.
Human ethics is the main moral norm and important ideological principle to maintain and stabilize human social life, communicate the relationship between different groups, and mediate the contradictory relationship between different groups. It is also the universal ethical basis for maintaining human lasting peace and implementing the strategy of sustainable development.
Confucius and Confucianism's "benevolence", "kindness to others", "loyalty and forgiveness" and "don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you" all contain universal ethical character, which embodies the rational consciousness of human beings and the universal requirements of human nature.
2. "The Way of Loyalty and Forgiveness" is the universal truth to strive for permanent peace of mankind and maintain sustainable development.
The idea of "loyalty and forgiveness" is based on human fraternity, which is the same ideological premise and universal ethics to solve human disputes and strive for lasting peace.
The secularity and universality of Confucianism is the universal truth for all mankind to strive for lasting peace and implement the strategy of sustainable development.
That's all. Please forgive me for being an engineering student. .