An Experimental Discussion on the Evolution of People-oriented Thought in the Pre-Qin Period and the Reasons for Its Generation
The people-oriented thought is an important part of China's excellent traditional culture,and has played an important histori-cal role in Chinese society for more than 2,000 years since the Qin and Han dynasties.The pre-Qin people-oriented thought was con-ceived in the Xia and Shang dynasties and formed in the Zhou dynasty.During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period,it continued to be developed and perfected,raising the relationship between the ruler and the people to the political level of the survival of the king and the country.There are three reasons for the emergence of the pre-Qin people-oriented thought.First,the ruler's summary of the political lessons of the previous generation.Second,the change of the ideological field from the god-centered to the people-oriented.Third,the promoting role of the great social change.
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