The Contemporary Educational Mission and Approach of Confucian Classics Education Hermeneutics:Comparison and Enlightenment based on the Chinese and Western Classics Interpretation Traditions
The traditional cultural education of a nation must be rooted in its unique classic interpretation and education tradition. The exegetical foundation of the Confucian classics interpretation tradition strengthened the moral-political education tradition,and the interpretation method and the moral-political education purpose complemented each other;the Western classics interpretation tradition formed a humanistic education tradition based on philosophical epistemology,put forward the concept of historical rationality and continuously promoted people's self-education. The development of contemporary Confucian classics hermeneutics urgently needs to guide the resonance of the spirit of the times and historical rationality,stimulate the modern rational spirit,and promote people's self-education to realize its inherent educational mission. Confucian classics,hermeneutics,and excellent Chinese traditional culture education are mutually integrated. Confucian classics education deepens the historical understanding of Chinese excellent traditional culture,and Chinese excellent traditional culture education enhances the contemporary practice of Confucian education spirit. Confucian education spirit is an integral part of China's excellent traditional culture. Strengthening the historical consciousness,critical consciousness,classic consciousness,and education consciousness of Confucian classic education can not only make the Confucian education spirit "renew its mission" in the multi-language context of the current era but also make China's excellent traditional education embark on the path of Confucian classic education hermeneutics.
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