On the Role of Neo-Confucianism in Promoting the Construction of Rural Culture
The construction of new socialist countryside requires drawing useful resources from the traditional culture. As an important traditional cultural resource, Neo-Confucianism shaped the psychological structure of Chinese people. Today, it is essential to learn from Neo-Confucianism in our construction of new countryside. Its ideas, especially self-restraint returning to rites, extension of knowledge and philanthropy to all flesh blood, will have a direct effect on the new countryside construction.