Author(s)

Ran Zhang ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Marxism, Anhui University of Finance and Economics, Bengbu, Anhui, 233030, China

Corresponding Author

Ran Zhang

ABSTRACT

Chinese excellent traditional culture is the cultural root and spiritual core of Chinese modernization. Mencius' thought of "benevolent government" is one of the treasures of Chinese excellent traditional culture, which is put forward with a profound background of the times, "the theory of goodness of nature" as its key ethical foundation, "the way of the former king" as its main historical background, and the upheaval of the social order and the contention of a hundred schools of thought in the cultural field are its important practical basis. Nurturing and educating the people were the main elements of Mencius' thought of "benevolent government," which aimed to alleviate class conflicts and maintain the stability of the social order. Nowadays, the glory of Mencius' idea of "benevolent government" still shines brightly, and his wisdom is highly compatible with the connotation of Chinese modernization, providing a fertile cultural soil and source of thought for the breeding and development of Chinese modernization.

KEYWORDS

Mencius; "benevolent governance" thought; Chinese modernization; cultural underpinning

CITE THIS PAPER

Ran Zhang, Research on the Cultural Underpinnings of Chinese Modernization in Mencius' Thought of "Benevolent Government" . Journal of Sociology and Ethnology (2024) Vol. 6: 129-138. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/jsoce.2024.060619.

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