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Humanism has been a subject long-emphasized by Chinese philosophers. The question on ‘what human being is’ was the central notion of Confucius, Mencius, and Xun in the Pre-Qin Dynasty, Lixue(理學), Xinxue(心學) in Song and Ming Dynasties. The ‘self-understanding’ instinct of humankind sowed the seed of Humanism studies (人學). The desire for the answer to “what is genuinely human” is huge and infinite while Human history itself is fundamentally an organic developing process. The Western Zhou Dynasty is a nonnegotiable root and origin of Confucianism. Understanding the process of how our ancestors gradually established their recognition of humanism is a vital step to comb the ideological context of the Chinese conception of humanism.
The thesis is divided into five chapters: First, the research background and the overview of related researches are indicated to allow readers to grasp the theme and motive of this thesis. Second, clarify the issues related to "people-oriented”. Pointing out who the ‘people-oriented’ policy truly serving at. Third, a discussion around ‘Does the value of humanism truly based on “morality”?’ The signification of "De"(德) and “Li"(禮) in the Western Zhou Dynasty is referred. Forth, deepen the discussion of the humanistic value of the Western Zhou Dynasty in chapter 3. The Justification for “Does “human” refers to "everyone"? is also included. The fifth chapter summarized the research results of all chapters to deepen the viewpoints of this thesis.
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