This paper is a synthetic piece based on my attempts to address the significance and importance of Confucian humanism as a spiritual resource for human self-understanding in the 21st century. The relevance of Confucia...This paper is a synthetic piece based on my attempts to address the significance and importance of Confucian humanism as a spiritual resource for human self-understanding in the 21st century. The relevance of Confucian spirituality to ecological civilization is self-evident, but the Confucian revival in Cultural China is predicated on its ability to transcend instrumental rationality, the Faustian drive to dominate, anthropocentrism, and China-centered mentality. The enabling power that helps an open, pluralistic and self-reflexive cultural identity to emerge will be greatly enhanced if China takes India as an essential reference society.展开更多
I. Confucianism has long been the mainstream of traditional Chinese culture, as well as a major component of Eastern and world culture. We can see that Confucianism has existed for 2,500 years since it was founded by ...I. Confucianism has long been the mainstream of traditional Chinese culture, as well as a major component of Eastern and world culture. We can see that Confucianism has existed for 2,500 years since it was founded by Confucius in the late 6th and early 5th centuries BC. Over this very long pe- riod of time, Confucianism has played a dominant role in Chinese culture. It established the basic orientation of the country＇s socioeconomic system, influenced the formation and develop- ment of China＇s political system, and established Chinese society＇s ethical standards and values.展开更多
As to the contents of Confucian discourse of human rights there are four topics which are being or not-being,history,relationship and constructivism on Confucian-human right.According to the different criteria of bein...As to the contents of Confucian discourse of human rights there are four topics which are being or not-being,history,relationship and constructivism on Confucian-human right.According to the different criteria of being or not being on Confucian-human right there are three points:not being in ancient times,being in ancient times,not being originally and being later.There are three points too on relationship of Confucian-human right:exclusion,integration and conversion.what is sometimes overlooked on the history of Confucian-human right is eastern studies introduced to the west.The traditional Chinese thoughts had an important effect on western human right idea and normative text.Du Gangjian,a well-known expert on Chaoshan new Confucianism in construction of Confucian-human right,constructs a theory system of Confucian human rights by Confucius’ideas.Taken together,Confucian discourse of human rights is at the cross-section when China mingled with the western countries and the modern replaced the ancient.The commensurability of human rights is just made at this point.展开更多
文摘This paper is a synthetic piece based on my attempts to address the significance and importance of Confucian humanism as a spiritual resource for human self-understanding in the 21st century. The relevance of Confucian spirituality to ecological civilization is self-evident, but the Confucian revival in Cultural China is predicated on its ability to transcend instrumental rationality, the Faustian drive to dominate, anthropocentrism, and China-centered mentality. The enabling power that helps an open, pluralistic and self-reflexive cultural identity to emerge will be greatly enhanced if China takes India as an essential reference society.
文摘I. Confucianism has long been the mainstream of traditional Chinese culture, as well as a major component of Eastern and world culture. We can see that Confucianism has existed for 2,500 years since it was founded by Confucius in the late 6th and early 5th centuries BC. Over this very long pe- riod of time, Confucianism has played a dominant role in Chinese culture. It established the basic orientation of the country＇s socioeconomic system, influenced the formation and develop- ment of China＇s political system, and established Chinese society＇s ethical standards and values.
基金a periodic achievement of the Ministry of Justice’s 2015 national law and legal theory research project“Institutional Supply and Behavioral Choice of Juridical Guarantee for Human Rights”(Project No.:15SFB3001)China Society for Human Rights Studies’2020 ministerial-level research project“Cultural Interpretation of Confucian Discourse of Human Rights”(Project No.:CSHR2020-09YB)
文摘As to the contents of Confucian discourse of human rights there are four topics which are being or not-being,history,relationship and constructivism on Confucian-human right.According to the different criteria of being or not being on Confucian-human right there are three points:not being in ancient times,being in ancient times,not being originally and being later.There are three points too on relationship of Confucian-human right:exclusion,integration and conversion.what is sometimes overlooked on the history of Confucian-human right is eastern studies introduced to the west.The traditional Chinese thoughts had an important effect on western human right idea and normative text.Du Gangjian,a well-known expert on Chaoshan new Confucianism in construction of Confucian-human right,constructs a theory system of Confucian human rights by Confucius’ideas.Taken together,Confucian discourse of human rights is at the cross-section when China mingled with the western countries and the modern replaced the ancient.The commensurability of human rights is just made at this point.
