What is the core of Zhu Xi’s culture?

The core of Zhu Xi’s culture is: studying things thoroughly, practicing knowledge and practice, being loyal, filial and honest, carrying forward the past and opening up the future.

1. Study things thoroughly. Zhu Zi inherited the idea of ??"studying things to gain knowledge" from Confucius, Mencius and Ercheng of the Northern Song Dynasty, and put forward a more innovative "studying things to seek knowledge". Zhu Zi pointed out: "Those who investigate things have their own principles." "Those who investigate things understand the principles of things. Those who know the truth know the principles of things." "Everything in the world must have its own reason, and its place. The principle of course." The purpose of studying things is to pursue the "why" and "taken for granted" of things. According to current terms, it means to be based on reality and pursue the truth. Zhu Xi's "Ge Wu Qi Li" is the cornerstone of Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucianism. It is both a worldview and a methodology. It not only still has inheritance value today, but also has global influence. British scientist Joseph Needham commented in "History of Chinese Science and Technology": Western natural science theories come from the thoughts of Chinese scholars such as Zhu Xi.

2. Practice knowledge and practice. Zhu Xi creatively put forward the concept of "knowledge and practice": "In general, there are only two ways of learning: knowledge and practice." At the same time, he comprehensively and systematically elaborated on the relationship between knowledge and practice. Zhu Zi put forward: "To learn knowledge and practice it, hard work cannot be compiled"; he also pointed out: "When discussing the order, knowledge should come first"; "When discussing the importance, the emphasis should be on force and action"; when discussing difficulty, "Knowing is not difficult, but doing it is difficult." "; When it comes to purpose, "There must be a clear reason first, and we must practice it to the end."; When it comes to testing, "If you want to know whether the knowledge is true or not, whether the intention is sincere or not, just look at the action without doing it." He also pointed out: "Knowing and doing are always related." "The more clearly you know, the more earnestly you practice; the more earnestly you practice, the more clearly you understand." Zhu Xi's view of knowledge and action is also his outlook on life. He loved learning and research throughout his life and practiced it. Even in his later years, despite being politically persecuted and suffering from poverty and illness, he still persisted in studying, writing and teaching his disciples. It can be said that his life never stops knowing and doing, and he set an example for future generations of studying with all their heart and doing their best.

3. Loyalty, filial piety and integrity. Zhu Zi once wrote an inscription for Yuelu Academy in Hunan: "loyalty, filial piety, integrity and integrity". Zhong: that is, loyalty. Zhu Zi said: "The center is loyalty, and the heart is forgiveness." He also said: "A loyal person has the reputation of being honest and not deceiving." He also said: "Doing your best without hiding anything is the so-called loyalty." It can be seen that loyalty and sincerity are the same. closely connected. Zhu Zi regarded loyalty to the people as the kingly way, "the kingly way is based on winning the hearts of the people", and advocated "being close to the people", "loving the people" and "caring for the people". Xiao means filial piety. When Zhu Zi was young, he read the "Book of Filial Piety" and vowed "If you are not like this, you are not a human being." When he was young, he compiled his first book "The Collection of Family Sacrifice"; when he was middle-aged, he compiled "Family Rites"; in his later years, he revised "The Classic of Filial Piety, Benefits and Mistakes". He spent almost his whole life promoting filial piety, making filial piety an important feature that distinguished Chinese civilization from Western civilization and spread to East Asia. Lian means honest. Zhu Zi said, "Those who do not seek to obtain wealth are so-called honest officials." He pointed out: "No matter how big or small an official is, he is just an official in everything." He praised: "Today's honest officials are mostly hard-core people." Zhu Zi himself was like this " A tough person." He was not only honest in politics, but also hated corrupt officials. He impeached corrupt official Tang Zhongyou six times, which became a good story in the history of China's clean government. Integrity and integrity are especially important in today's market economy. Festival, that is, integrity. Zhu Zi believed that "there is a sense of shame in doing one's own conduct, which is called reputational integrity. Scholars must first understand the integrity of retreat." Zhu Xi particularly emphasized upholding national integrity. Living in an era when the country was in decline and the nation was in crisis, he repeatedly made remonstrances to the imperial court: He advocated resistance to the Jin Dynasty and opposed peace talks: "Those who make peace will do a hundred harms without any benefit." "There is no revenge without war, and no defense without defense." To win." Although he was repeatedly persecuted by the peace faction, he still adhered to his national integrity. Before Zhu Zi died, he sighed: "I want to see someone who has returned to the Central Plains, but I am too old now to see him!" After Zhu Zi's death, the patriotic poet Xin Qiji wrote an elegiac couplet: "Those who are immortal will be famous for eternity; whoever calls his death is awe-inspiring. "Loyalty, filial piety and integrity are the moral values ??pursued by Zhu Zi and the social values ??he advocated, which are in line with today's socialist core values.

4. Carry on the past and open up the future. Zhu Zi first put forward the concept of "carrying on the past and opening up the future" in "Book of Zhou Zi"; "So to carry on the past and open up the future, it will make great contributions to this world." Later, he wrote an inscription for Xingxian Academy in Wufuli, Wuyi Mountain, writing The four characters "carry on the past and open up the future" were written. Carrying forward the past is the foundation for opening up the future, and opening up the future is the driving force for carrying forward the future.

Zhu Xi was able to create a profound and far-reaching theoretical system by summarizing hundreds of generations and inheriting the unique knowledge of the saints. Wang Yangming of the Ming Dynasty praised Zhu Xi: "Wen Gong has a great spirit. It was because he wanted to carry on the past and open up the future when he joined forces in his early years. Therefore, he always only studied and studied his writings." Carrying forward the past and opening up the future means inheriting the tradition of civilization and opening up a better future. This kind of carrying forward the past and opening up the future. The spirit of the Communist Party of China is the inexhaustible driving force for us to realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

5. Zhu Xi’s culture is an important part of China’s excellent traditional culture, just like a treasure house within it. Living in the hometown of Zhu Zi, we have a greater responsibility to deeply explore the core concepts of Zhu Zi's culture, extract its essence, combine it with the Sinicization of Marxism, hold high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, carry forward excellent traditional culture, promote creative transformation and innovation sexual development and write a brilliant chapter in the new era.