Governing a Country by Means of Virtue, Like the North Star—Discussion about the Confucian’s Thoughts of Governing a Country with Morals
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22105688 |
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| Authors | Wenjing Lü (0000-0001-7061-0590, Beijing International Studies University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 09 |
| Issue | 03 |
| Pages | 135-142 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Advances in Literary Study (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2327-4034 • E-ISSN: 2327-4050 |
| Publisher | Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4236/als.2021.93015 |
| OpenAlex | W3169725130 |
| Language | EN |
As the greatest thinkers and educators in ancient China, Confucius created the Confucian doctrine and most of his thoughts have still practical value at present. In this paper, one of his core thoughts “Governing a country with morals” is discussed mainly on the contemporary value and the way for practice. The analysis shows that we should absorb the good ideas such as “cultivate oneself”, “people-centered”. Some thoughts such as self-discipline of virtue and serving the people should be enhanced to the officials. The “rule of virtue” should be combined with “rule of law” to run a country
China · Doctrine · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Political science · Sociology · Virtue · Chinese history and philosophy · Law · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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