China is the obligation of every citizen stipulated by the Constitution.

Without patriotism, there is no freedom, which harms national interests. The final result can be imagined. If national security is not guaranteed, the country is invaded and destroyed, and the consequence is that freedom is not guaranteed; If patriotism does not aim at freedom, then the state power will not be supported and patriotism will become nonsense.

Freedom should be based on patriotism, and only patriotism can exercise our power more effectively and give full play to our freedom. The ultimate goal of patriotism is to protect the legitimate rights and interests of every citizen and the people get the freedom they deserve. The relationship between freedom and patriotism is not conflicting and contradictory concepts, but two pairs of interdependent and coordinated concepts. When exercising freedom in the future, we should always be alert to whether we have harmed the interests of the country. Freedom does not mean unlimited freedom. Only freedom based on patriotism is truly free patriotism, which is not only a person's moral quality, but also a country's legal obligation. This is an ancient and modern proposition. On the one hand, treason and secession are serious crimes that the state should punish, both in history and in reality; On the other hand, patriotism, as a common moral quality of human beings, has been passed down from generation to generation by all nationalities in the world. In modern society, patriotism is sometimes regarded as a "high-profile word" with strong ideological color, and it seems to be a kind of hypocritical propaganda public opinion far away from one's ordinary feelings. In fact, patriotism is not only an ancient virtue, but also a real civic virtue in modern countries. Even in modern countries such as the United States and France, patriotism has always been a powerful moral and political discourse. "My only regret is that I don't have a second life for my motherland", which is what nathan hale, an American national hero, said. "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country", which is a famous saying of American President Kennedy. French political and academic celebrities such as Napoleon and Montesquieu also regard patriotism as the moral character and political virtue of modern civilized people.

No matter in the past, present or future, no matter in which country, patriotism can be described as a universal moral character and legal obligation of mankind.

First, patriotism is a natural righteous emotion of human beings fully reflected by the words and deeds of ancient saints.

Buddha, a sage of Sakyamuni family, although he became a monk, stepped forward to save the motherland when it was in danger of war. When King Liuli led an army to attack Kapilowei, the Buddha said, "The shadow of kin is better than an outsider", which shows the Buddha's attachment and love for the old country, and also shows the universal feelings of human beings for kin. Buddha's words and deeds have a far-reaching influence on later generations, and China's Buddhist community has formed a deep-rooted patriotic tradition of protecting religion. Confucius was a saint in ancient China. Although he became a Taoist, he always cared about his motherland and land. According to Records of the Historian, when Confucius heard that the old country Lu was facing foreign invasion, he said to his disciples, "What are two or three sons?" Finally, Confucius let his disciple Zi Gong skillfully relieve the danger of Lu. Confucius wandered abroad all the year round, but he always missed his old country, Lu. According to Mencius, "When Confucius arrived in Shandong, he said,' If I delay my trip, I will go to my parents' country. Go to Qi, follow the West, and go to other countries. "Confucius' reluctance to' the country of parents' is human nature, not unique to sages; This sense of nature is naturally revealed in the words and deeds of sages, which shows the value of this sense of nature. Confucius was able to "return to Lu" and die in his old country in his later years, which is also in line with the national psychology of "returning to the root" and "how bright the moonlight is at home!" . Generally speaking, both Buddha and Confucius, with their simple words and deeds, have established a proper patriotic mentality and set a model for future generations to follow and be worthy of emulation. Moreover, although these two saints look extraordinary, they are not completely indifferent to national affairs. As far as national governance is concerned, the Buddha talked about the "Seven Immortal Laws" and Confucius also talked about the "Nine Classics for the Country", all of which revealed the expectation of national stability. After thousands of years, these moral words and deeds of ancient sages are still valuable spiritual wealth, which is worth pondering and examining by modern people.

Second, patriotism is a noble moral character passed down as a national spirit in Chinese cultural tradition.

Fundamentally speaking, the ultimate concern of Buddhism lies in "sentient beings" and that of Confucianism lies in "the world". Just because Buddha and Confucius showed patriotic feelings, they should not be considered as national supremacists. However, whether in Buddhism or Confucianism, the state is an intermediate moral form from individual to "sentient beings" and from itself to "the world". In other words, loving one's own people and nation is the first moral requirement to educate all living beings and rule the world. Patriotism is a more basic moral standard relative to universal life and world domination. Compared with selfishness, patriotism is a more noble moral state of mind. The Confucian theory of self-cultivation, keeping the family in order, governing the country and calming the world clearly expresses this secondary structure of human moral progress. From the perspective of patriotism, a basic principle contained in this structure is that to love the world, you need to be patriotic first, and you need to love your family and family first. Obviously, in this moral hierarchy, the state is at a higher level of human moral cultivation; Patriotism belongs to the noble moral quality of human beings, which is manifested in people's love or the expansion of moral feelings in a larger scope and to a greater extent. "The way of a university is to be well-known, be close to the people and stop at perfection". According to the opening statement of "University", patriotism is actually a performance of "being close to the people" and a moral stage that needs to be experienced in order to finally achieve "stop at the best". It can be said that in China's cultural tradition, patriotism is not only a righteous emotion with natural blood foundation, but also a moral ability and moral responsibility of people, an important moral practice in life and a clear moral direction with perfect personality. In the history of China, this kind of moral practice has been fully demonstrated through patriotic discourses such as "serving the country faithfully", "fighting for the life and death of the country, why every cloud has a silver lining should avoid it", and the patriotic behavior of many people who swear to resist foreign aggression and risk their lives instead of resisting the motherland. Therefore, caring for the country, defending the country and helping the people will eventually become the national justice that blends into the blood of China people. From the cultural point of view, patriotism, as a kind of national justice, not only has the national spiritual foundation handed down from generation to generation, but also is deeply rooted in the moral theory of China culture.