The Thought on Order in Confucian Culture and its Influence on Rural Governance
Confucianism started the tradition of exaltation of the virtuous in politics.There were five heavenly ethics led by consensus in values,five humane ethics guided by existing social relationship,five eternal ethics aimed to collective works.They all lead to personal moral accomplishment,social moral persuasion and collective consensus of values,trying to build a moral society on the base of spontaneous order.Confucian thought on order influenced the rural governance in China for thousands of years:Ethical thoughts provided theoretical base of rural social relationship;Systematic moral governance made the local rules practical;Consensus in values brought out local spirits that integrated into the national value system;Exaltation of the virtuous pump power into the order of rural areas.Confucian thought on order based on moral governance guaranteed inheritance,increase and innovation.It is not only an important safeguard of rural social capital stock but also the root of rural morality.
Confucianismmoral governancerural governancespontaneous order
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