忠德论

“忠”是中国古代伦理文明的核心价值观念及儒家最为推崇的道德范畴之一,既具有伦理原则与道德规范的意义,又具有个人品德与美德伦理的意义.其基本内容与要求是做人做事真心诚意,尽心尽力,没有虚假和患得患失.“忠”在中国古代主要表现为两种形态:一种是对君上或主人的忠,另一种是对于国家、社稷和人民的忠,可以分别称之为私忠和公忠.在明清之际及近现代时期,思想家们对私忠作了较多的批判,而对公忠则作了较为深入的阐发与弘扬.

On Royalty

"Royalty" was the core value idea in the ethics of ancient China,which has great significance in personal character and virtue.The royalty means doing one’s utmost and integrity.In ancient China the royalty has two forms,first being royal to rulers and emperors and then to the country,the Earth and Harvests as well as the people,which can also be divided into the private royalty and public royalty.At the turn of the Ming and Qing dynasties thinkers criticized the private royalty and developed the public royalty.