Rebuilding Tradition-The Scholars'Reconstruction of and Reflection on the Concept of"Parents of the People"in Late Zhou Dynasty
The concept of"parents of the people"is an important political tradition in ancient China.This concept emerged no later than the time between Yin and Zhou and prevailed in the Zhou Dynasty,containing the value appeal of moral ethics and ritual civilization.The concept of"parents of the people"reflects the construction of the legitimate discourse of public power through the quasi-blood thinking mode under the home-state isomorphism political system.In late Zhou Dynasty,various schools of thought contended,giving new connotation to the concept of"parents of the people",presenting two approaches of restoration and innovation,and promoting the innovative development of political and cultural traditions.After the reconstruction and reflection by the scholars in late Zhou Dynasty,the concept of parents of the people has maintained its eternal vitality.It has not only continued to this day,but also contains the core values of rule of virtue,people-orientation and rule of law.It also gives a profound historical and cultural heritage to the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity.
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