Description
This work illustrates China’s values and how they are practiced. After introducing readers to the theories, systematical structure, historical status, and influence of traditional Chinese values, it points out major developmental trends in connection with modernization. Further, it explores the significance of the contemporary reconstruction of Chinese values and argues that these values can be divided into three layers: values-based goals of national development, Chinese values concepts, and norms of values in a civil society. On this basis, it subsequently interprets the core socialist values “Prosperity, Democracy, Civility and Harmony,” the value concepts “Freedom, Equality, Justice and Rule of Law” and values-based norms “Patriotism, Dedication, Integrity and Friendship.”
Table of Contents
Preface: Understanding Chinese Values.- Traditional Chinese values.- Inheriting and Transitioning: the Construction of Chinese Values in Early Modern History.- The Goal of Pursuing the Value of National Development in Modern China.- The Value Concept of Contemporary Chinese Social Progress.- The Value Standard of Contemporary Chinese Citizenship.- Conclusion: Carrying forward the National Values and Realizing National Rejuvenation.- References.- Index.- Epilogue.
