ABSTRACT
The 21st century, as China’s economy has developed fast and its status on the international political and economic arena has been uplifted, there has been a great clamour for rediscovering Confucius and the ideology and culture of Confucianism. According to a report by the International Confucian Association, popularization of enlightening education and The Four Books (Great Learning, Doctrine of the Mean, Analects and Mencius) has gained momentum in kindergartens and middle and primary schools throughout China. The significance of Confucianism as a cultural resource or intellectual history refers to the fact that its thinking on morals, politics and human nature plays a role and has its significance in modern thinking. Modern civilization is scientific, rational and individualistic as well as hedonistic. In a manner of speaking, thorough criticisms of Confucian ideas and culture from the perspective of enlightenment and modernization were made in an in-depth and comprehensive way in the 20th century.
