Confucius' social ideal can be divided into the following points. First of all, people's basic needs must be met. "Yan Yuan" "Zi Gong asked politics? Confucius said: Enough food, enough soldiers, and people's trust. Zigong: I'm leaving. Who comes first? Say: go to the army. Zigong: I have to go. What comes first? Say: go to eat. There has been death since ancient times, and the people have no faith. " In fact, Confucius' remarks reflect the arguments at both the ideal and the reality levels. I often say: "For a person who is about to starve to death, steamed bread is far more important than vitamins." Because from a realistic point of view, to embody any moral spirit in life, we must first ensure and meet the basic needs of life, otherwise everything can only be reduced to fantasy. Adequate food and soldiers are the first conditions for building people's trust in politicians. If you choose between the two, you must put "satiety" in the first place. Confucius is very clear that "the country is people-oriented, and the people take food as the sky." Only when people's basic needs are met can society become stable and harmonious. As for Confucius' later answer, it was from real life to an ideal level. From an ideal point of view, the value of life must first meet the moral requirements. The "faith" in Confucius' speech belongs to one of the moral categories. If you choose between adequate food and people's trust, you should put people's trust first. Because Confucius understood better that if a politician can't keep his promise, the scope of his common influence will not be limited to basic needs. If politicians can keep their promises and implement moral policies wholeheartedly, then the basic living requirements of ordinary people can naturally be guaranteed and met. In the same article, Confucius also supplemented the idea of "having enough food". If we say that "the people are enough, who is the monarch?" Not enough people, you are enough? This political thought of "storing wealth for the people" is the main policy of establishing a humane society. Second, the distribution of wealth must be balanced. Confucius said at the beginning of Ji's Chapter: "Qiu also heard that there are people in the state who suffer from inequality but are not widowed, and who suffer from anxiety but are not poor; "There is no poverty, no widowhood and no tendentiousness in the cover." For the country and society, the uneven distribution of wealth is definitely a huge disaster. It is impossible to achieve absolute balance. What Confucius means is that even if people are poor, their mood is more tolerable and their life is more peaceful as long as the principle of balance is as far as possible. Politicians don't need to fight endlessly to increase the population, but should devote themselves to building a fair and balanced ideal society according to the existing national strength. Third, the popularity and importance of education. Confucius believes that once people are rich, they will try their best to pursue a comfortable life. How is this different from animal life? Therefore, once you are rich, you should also implement an education policy for the people. In Luzi, Confucius clearly explained this point. "Child fitness who, running servant. Confucius said: What a pity! You Ran said, what's the point? Yue: Rich. Yue: Since you have money, why bother? Say: teach it. " In ancient times, due to the vast land and sparse population, some rulers used to encourage population growth through policies. With a large population, it is natural to meet their living needs. The "rich" here refers to basic needs and life needs. Confucius' so-called "teaching" refers to learning etiquette. And its ultimate goal, of course, is to hope that everyone will maintain their own moral character and further realize the ideal society of "the world is benevolent and the world is harmonious".

The above three points were established according to Confucius' thoughts and the needs of the people. From the first point of view, "food and clothing" means meeting basic needs (food, clothing, housing and transportation), further extending to the balance of wealth, and finally popularizing education. Confucius' ideal "benevolent society" has basically been adopted and outlined. Although Confucius' political ideas and social ideals were founded more than two thousand years ago, we can find that they are not limited by time and space at all. The society we are pursuing today is exactly the "benevolent society" in Confucius' mind. More importantly, it brings clear and true information to us living in today's society. That is, if politicians in various countries blindly pursue economic development, human society will be infinitely free and open regardless of morality, and eventually human beings will destroy themselves.

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