The realistic influence of Confucian school

In today's society, although the ancient thought of ruling the country by virtue can't be directly used by us as the way to govern the country, its ideological essence and reasonable core still have great value significance, which provides the necessary ideological resources for implementing the general plan of governing the country by virtue today.

(A) People-oriented

"People-oriented" is the basis of Confucian thought of ruling by virtue. The so-called "people-oriented" is to realize the people and their important position in the country. If the rulers deviate from the people's hearts and get no support from the people, the state power will not be consolidated, or even overthrown by the people by force. Mencius' theory of "benevolent government" is people-oriented. He said: "The people are the most important, the country is the second, and the monarch is the light." In Mencius' view, people are precious, and their interests and sufferings cannot be ignored. Xunzi quoted an old saying: "Jun can sail, Shu Ren can sail." The knife cuts bread and fingers. The Confucian thought of "ruling by virtue" with people-oriented thought as its core value shows its great progress and popularization. Although people-oriented is not democracy in the modern sense, it has great practical significance.

To develop socialist democracy, we must first establish the sacred idea that the people are masters of their own affairs and regard it as the most essential feature and requirement of socialist democracy. In order to make people truly become the masters and core of social and political life, people control power rather than power control or even dominate people. China's * * * production party, which is in the ruling position, should handle all party affairs and government affairs with the heart of "building the party for the public and ruling for the people", regard the people as masters of their own affairs as the essence of its governance, actively organize and lead the people to exercise their power, so that the people can gradually master their own ability to manage their own and state affairs and realize the democratization of the power system.

At the same time, people's opposition is the fundamental factor that determines the rise and fall of a political party and a political power. To truly win the hearts and minds of the people, that is, to win their sincere support and support, we must always keep the safety and well-being of the people in mind, and do everything for the people, rely on the people and serve the people. And these must not just stay on the surface of empty talk and rhetoric, not just as slogans, but should and must be translated into concrete actions, which show that our party, our government and our leading cadres are truly serving the people wholeheartedly with practical actions and tangible results. Such a party is based on honesty and pursues the road of being close to the people.

(2) The benevolent loves others.

"Benevolent people love others" is the core of Confucius' thought. Confucius said, "The benevolent loves others." (Yan Yuan) Obviously, the essence of benevolence is love. People should not only love their parents and children, but also love ordinary people. The Confucian spirit of "All men are brothers within the four seas" (The Analects of Confucius Yan Yuan) pays special attention to those who are in a weak or difficult position in society, such as the widowed and lonely. This fine tradition deserves to be vigorously promoted today. In the process of socialist modernization, "leading cadres at all levels should persist in going deep into the grass roots, go deep into the masses, listen to their voices, care about their sufferings, and always keep the safety of the masses in mind, so that power can be used by the people, feelings can be tied to the people, and benefits can be sought by the people." In particular, we should care about the people who encounter difficulties in production and life, go deep into poor areas and enterprises, go deep into the poor people such as laid-off workers, rural poor people and urban poor residents, and do everything possible to help them solve practical difficulties. Through solid and effective work, we will truly benefit the masses and lead them to create their own happy lives. (Hu Jintao: "Persist in carrying forward the fine style of hard work and strive for the grand goal of building a well-off society in an all-round way")

(3) Rule by virtue

Confucianism believes that morality is the basis of politics and has the significance of transcending the times. Starting from the way of "ruling the country by virtue", Confucianism emphasizes that politicians should play an exemplary role in morality, and especially advocates that you should inspire the world mainly with your own great personal strength, rather than conquer the world by torture or force. In the words of Confucius, this is: "Rule by virtue is like Beichen, where the stars live." ("The Analects of Confucius for Politics")

Today, we regard "ruling the country by virtue" as one of the basic strategies of governing the country in the process of social modernization, which requires that ruling the country by virtue be the main aspect of socialist political and metallurgical civilization construction. Of course, the most important thing to build the rule of virtue now should and must be to carry forward the moral spirit of socialism and production, but it also needs to absorb the essence of historical and cultural traditions. The two are not contradictory. For example, Confucianism emphasizes "the world is for the public" and "ruling the country by virtue", and uses this excellent traditional resource to think about reality, requiring the ruling * * * production party to "build the party for the public and govern for the people", and requiring leading cadres to correctly establish the concept of power, truly serve the people wholeheartedly and be good public servants. This is just as General Secretary Hu Jintao said in his important speech on July 1 2003: party member leading cadres must "strengthen party member's ideals and beliefs, improve their ideological and political level, strengthen their moral cultivation, keep in mind the' two musts', truly transform the objective world at the same time, and promote the transformation of the objective world with the effect of transforming the subjective world in the process of transforming the objective world."