Carrying out campus culture education with benevolence, thought and life view
Confucius was the most influential philosopher in ancient China, and his philosophical thought system can be summarized as "life, courtesy, benevolence, knowledge and moderation", among which the philosophical thought of "benevolence" is the core category in his philosophical thought system. As the core of Confucian traditional culture, Confucius' thought of benevolence is embodied in his proposition that "the benevolent loves others". Judging from the thought of "love" advocated by him, it inherently contains the thoughts of "self-esteem", "self-love" and "self-improvement".
In the current process of college students' life values education, we can learn from Confucius' thoughts of benevolence, which is of great practical significance for excavating, inheriting and carrying forward the heritage of China's classical philosophy, strengthening the education of contemporary college students' life values, improving their ideological and moral cultivation and building a harmonious campus culture.
First, interpret Confucius' thoughts of "self-esteem", "self-love" and "self-improvement"
1. self-esteem
The so-called self-esteem means respecting one's personality, and the most basic element of personality is "ambition". How should people maintain their personal dignity? Confucius believes that the key is to be "ashamed", that is, to be a person should have a sense of shame and not be shameless enough to do anything. Confucius believes that to maintain a person's personal dignity, we should not only "behave shamefully" but also "behave respectfully". "Gong" means that words and deeds are solemn and polite. Confucius advocated "meeting with courtesy" at all times and all over the world, so as to achieve "see no evil, don't listen if you are indecent, don't say anything if you are indecent, and don't move if you are indecent". It can be seen that in Confucius' view, if people want to talk about self-esteem, they must be strict with themselves in all aspects of life.
2. narcissism
Confucius' thought of "the benevolent loves others" comes from "self-love". On one occasion, he organized students to discuss "Where are the wise men? What about the benevolent? " One of his students answered Yan best. He said that "a wise man knows himself, and a benevolent man loves himself", which means that "a wise man knows himself, and a generous and kind man loves himself". He pointed out the origin of benevolence, and it is absolutely impossible for a man not to love himself. Confucius gave Yan Hui the highest evaluation: "It can be said that a gentleman is a gentleman". According to this kind of benevolent logic of Confucius, loving oneself should be the premise of loving others. Only when you know how to love yourself can you know how to love others. On the other hand, "if you don't know self-love, you can't know the meaning of so-called love."
3. Self-improvement
Self-improvement is one of the basic principles of Confucius' life. He repeatedly said, "Don't blame others, don't mistreat others, and achieve success in school", don't complain about the fate given by God, don't hate others when encountering setbacks, and get the true meaning of life by learning and understanding the philosophy. "The gentleman is sick and incompetent, and I don't know that the patient doesn't know." A gentleman is only worried about his incompetence, not that others don't appreciate him. "You don't suffer from what others don't know", which means that people with good moral cultivation don't worry about what others don't know about themselves, but worry about whether their abilities are insufficient, which means that a gentleman should constantly strive for self-improvement.
Confucius' spirit of self-improvement can be summarized as: "self-improvement"-self-reliance; "Contented people are always happy"-talk less and do more. Confucius resented those who were good at "clever words", that is, those who only said beautiful words but were unwilling to practice them. He said, "Clever words make you look good and fresh." People who strive for self-improvement should: "See Si Qi"-be open-minded and eager to learn; "If you go too far, don't be afraid to change"-if you go too far, you must change. Confucius believes that a gentleman should not only make mistakes, but also correct them, that is, avoid repeating the same mistakes.
Second, Confucius' thoughts of self-esteem, self-love and self-improvement and the education of college students' life values.
1. Self-esteem orientation
Confucius' thought of self-esteem actually means that self-experience has a high sense of control and satisfaction, and self-evaluation has positive and stable characteristics, including clear evaluation criteria, studious attitude and honest attitude. Self-esteem is the foundation of a person's life, which means neither bowing to others nor allowing others to discriminate or insult. It is a good mental state, that is, self-esteem and self-affirmation. If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself first. As long as you don't lose heart, don't give up, believe in yourself and respect yourself, through further efforts, you can find your own life value, win the respect of others and feel the happiness of self-esteem.
To cultivate correct self-esteem, we need to do the following two things: first, find the fulcrum of personal self-esteem, that is, find our own strengths; Second, we must have a correct direction, that is, to cultivate personal self-esteem, to know how to raise personal self-esteem to the height of the collective and the country, to inherit and carry forward the glorious tradition of the Chinese nation, to consider the interests of the motherland in every word and deed, and to treat foreigners with self-respect and self-respect, and not to be humble or supercilious. Under no circumstances should we damage the honor of our motherland and the dignity of our nation with our words and deeds. This is the national pride that every China person should have.
2. Be proud of self-love
Confucius said that the true "benevolent" is not to love others, nor to be loved by others, but to "love oneself". Of course, this kind of "self-love" is not what we usually call egoism, nor does it trample on or infringe on the rights and interests of others for our own benefit. Moreover, it requires people to spread this idea of loving others to all members of society, which is a very high ideological realm and a kind of great love. Therefore, the real "benevolent" is a self-confident person who pursues self-realization and transcendence. He has a conscious motivation and a conscious transcendence, that is, to give himself enough attention and care, that is, to be the master of his own life and what he has experienced, understood and discovered, and to take responsibility for it; And understand yourself as a part of the whole world; Is to give yourself a direction in life. People with this kind of ideological realm can "not complain about others, not be special to others, and achieve success in school" and be strong in life.
3. Take self-improvement as the law
Confucius said, "If you are benevolent, you will not harm benevolence, but kill yourself." People with lofty ideals will never do anything detrimental to righteousness for their own survival. On the contrary, they would rather sacrifice themselves, abide by the principle of benevolence and righteousness, be firm in their chosen life goals, and devote their lives to the pursuit of spirit. From our own moral standards, self-improvement means striving for progress, striving for progress, infinite vision and unremitting pursuit of a better future, and standing proudly when the storm strikes. The spirit of self-improvement is valuable, because it does not complain about others, because it is indomitable, because it works hard. Self-improvement is inseparable from firm will and strong determination. It is necessary to break the original lifestyle and mode of life arranged by fate and rediscover a life value of its own existence.
Throughout the ages, self-improvement is the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation, a spirit, a belief and a realm that supports China people to stand on their own feet in the world, an endless blood flowing in the veins of Chinese civilization, and a treasure handed down from generation to generation by the people of China. It is precisely because of the self-improvement of national integrity that we have gained national independence. After liberation, the people of China, inspired by Mao Zedong's call for independence and self-reliance, won a great victory in socialist construction. It is precisely because of self-improvement that after the reform and opening up, we have embarked on a socialist road with China characteristics. In today's socialist harmonious society, we need to carry forward the virtue of self-improvement to adapt to the increasingly fierce competition.
Third, the conclusion
In short, love needs to be supported by living. Survival is the first meaning of life, and it is not easy or even very difficult. We should live tenaciously for love and dignity, which is the true meaning of life values and a true portrayal of Confucius' thoughts of self-esteem, self-love and self-improvement. In the current construction of campus culture, we should fully learn from the positive factors in Confucius' philosophical thoughts, and through the interpretation of Confucius' thoughts of self-esteem, self-love and self-improvement, help college students understand life, cherish life, fear life, pursue life value, improve their survival skills and improve their quality of life, so as to establish correct life values and make them grow up in a healthy campus culture.
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