古代民本思想的当代价值探析

中国古代民本思想,以其重民意、保民生、得民心的倾向,与封建专制的政治体制相制衡,是中国传统政治理论与实践的精华。作为一种很强的政治理念和现实力量,在中国社会政治生活中曾产生过重大和广泛的影响。如今,民本思想经过理论与实践的双重批判,依然在中国社会的政治生活中起着极其重要的作用。传统民本思想为当代中国的民主政治建设提供了文化土壤,为"以人为本"科学发展观提供了文化基因,也为我党总结概括执政理论提供了宝贵的思想资源。认真汲取古代民本思想所内蕴的政治经验和智慧,挖掘它的当代价值,这对于当代中国社会的发展无疑具有重要的理论与实践意义。

An Analysis of the Contemporary Values of Ancient China’s People-oriented Thought

Formed in the feudal society,ancient China’s people-oriented thought checked and balanced the feudal and autocratic political system by emphasizing public opinions,improving people’s livelihood,and gaining popular support,and constituted the essence of traditional political theory and practice in China.As a powerful political thinking and real strength,people-oriented thought once made great and wide influences upon the political life in Chinese society.Currently,this thought,after a double critique from theory and practice,is still actively playing a pivotal role in the political life of Chinese society.The traditional people-oriented thought has laid down a cultural foundation for the construction of democratic politics in contemporary China,and provided both cultural genes for the people-oriented scientific concept of development,and precious intellectual resources for the Chinese Communist Party to summarize and generalize her governance theory.Therefore,it is a must to carefully assimilate the political experience and wisdom contained in the ancient people-oriented thought,and to explore its contemporary values.This is undoubtedly of important significance in theory and practice for the social development in contemporary China.