It means to admire virtuous and talented people. Respect moral people and admire talented people. "Shang Xian" refers to respecting talented and virtuous people, which is an important proposition of Mozi, and is often called "universal love" and "non-aggression".

Shang Xian, the title of Mozi, is also one of the core ideas of Mohism. Mozi opposes the Confucian view that "kissing is skillful, respecting the virtuous and so on", and advocates "not being a party father and brother, not being partial to wealth, not winning the color", and "if you can, you can raise it, but if you can't, you can lower it". He stressed that the state should break the hierarchical status of employing people, "officials are impermanent and expensive, and the people have no ultimate base". "Although people in agriculture and industry are able to raise them, they should be given high honors and heavy rewards", so that they can have the right to play a role. Extended information

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1. Does Chongde report merit? [chóng dé bào gōng] Worship is given to those who are virtuous and meritorious.

Example: When the feudal dynasties respected Confucius' Confucianism, they repeatedly knighted the first grandson of Confucius in order to show their devotion to virtue and merit.

2. Is it good to respect virtue? [chóng dé shàng shàn] Advocates virtue and good deeds.

Example: The rural sages are highly respected and exemplary, and they are the benchmark of the villagers' words and deeds and the example of moral education. The rural sages' culture is rooted in the local area and close to each other. As long as they give full play to their power of seeing the sages, respecting virtues and being kind, there will be great hope.

3. Do you respect morality and do good deeds? [chóng dé dǔ xíng] Respect morality, advocate morality, and make it highly respected, that is, improve and enhance moral quality. Devoted to study, with no distractions, and devoted to study.

Example: I hope that after you leave the Party School, you can also be loyal to morality and integrity.

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