1. The pre-Qin Confucianists, represented by Confucius, Mencius and Xunzi, expounded the relationship between justice and benefit in depth, and formed a view of justice and benefit, which paid attention to moral principles, safeguarded the overall interests, emphasized justice and suppressed benefits, and controlled benefits with justice, which had a far-reaching impact on China society.

2. The correct concept of justice and benefit is an important part of the thought of human destiny, including giving consideration to justice and benefit, paying equal attention to justice and benefit, mutual benefit and win-win. , embodies the distinctive cultural characteristics of China. The pre-Qin Confucian concept of justice and benefit has an important theoretical contribution to the practice of correct concept of justice and benefit. Mencius inherited Confucius' view of justice and benefit.

He also clearly realized that it is human nature to pursue material interests. He said: "People who want expensive things are also United." Mencius believed that economy is the foundation of cultural development. On this basis, people can be educated to understand the way of human relations, and the country can realize kingliness.

4. Mencius treated the relationship between justice and benefit dialectically, and put forward the method of balancing the relationship between justice and benefit from the perspective of national governance. However, he still believes that justice is absolutely important. He called moral reason "general", interest demand "small body", and took "general" and "small body" as the characteristics to distinguish "adults" from "villains".

In dealing with the relationship between them, he advocates that pursuing material interests should not violate moral principles. If there is a conflict between the two, we must give up our interests and fulfill our morality. In this regard, Mencius has a very incisive exposition: "what life wants is also;" Righteousness is what I want, and I can't have both. Those who give up their lives for righteousness are also. "

6. The concept of justice and benefit advocated by Xunzi was modified on the basis of inheriting Confucius and Mencius. Xunzi also admitted that the individual's pursuit of material interests is understandable. He said: "A gentleman is a villain because he knows his material; Good and evil are the same for gentlemen and villains; If it seeks in a different way. "

7. He thinks that gentlemen and villains are all the same in emotional orientation, both like honor and disgrace, and both like advantages and disadvantages. The difference lies in whether we take appropriate material benefits, that is, whether we abide by moral principles, which is the same as Confucius and Mencius' view of justice and benefit. But Xunzi expounded the concept of justice and benefit from the utilitarian point of view.