Issues of moral education in the creative heritage of Confucius

Abstract

The article makes an attempt to turn to the origins of traditions in the field of moral education, which originate in the creative heritage of thinkers of ancient China. Of particular interest in this aspect are the views of the famous Chinese educator Kunzi (Confucius, 551–479 BC), who paid exceptional attention to the issues of moral improvement of people, primarily belonging to the ruling elite, and statements on this basis justice and order in society and the state. It was his ideas, educational activities and works, in the dissemination of which in subsequent centuries a huge number of his students and followers participated, that contributed to the formation of the wonderful tradition of the Chinese people, according to which the emphasis was placed on the moral education of the younger generation as the fundamental basis for the formation of a person’s personality.