The main content of Confucius' benevolence thought: filial piety to parents. Love your brother, don't offend your superiors, and don't rebel. Everything is based on the principle of benevolence. Its foundation is "to honor parents and love brothers". Only when you are committed to the root and the essence is good can you be benevolent.

The spirit of benevolence is an important feature of Confucian culture, which has charm and value beyond time and space. The benevolence spirit of Confucianism has profound connotation, and its core can be summarized as filial piety and fraternity.

People grow up under the care of their parents as soon as they are born, and experience the sincere and warm feeling of "kissing" between people. The Confucian spirit of benevolence is based on this. However, Confucian culture also believes that it is not enough to just stay in the feeling of "kissing", and it must be expanded.

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Modern significance of Confucius' thought of benevolence;

Confucian ethics, especially benevolence, can play a role in curing the root cause, rejuvenating and eliminating disadvantages to a certain extent. "Benevolence" is the practice and action of virtue, the essence of Confucian culture and the basis of Confucian moral value.

Confucius' self-cultivation and the thought of loving others, Neo-Confucianism's moral self-discipline and the concept of loving others as one's own have the significance of personal settlement in the sense of human self-improvement; As far as its bigger goal is concerned, it can make society perfect, world peace and cultivate good social atmosphere.

Advocating Confucian ethics and benevolence in the new situation can make Confucianism pay attention to self-cultivation and love, emphasize putting yourself in the other's shoes, stress introspection and self-restraint, treat people with courtesy, treat people with courtesy and respect others, thus playing a positive role in solving social problems.

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