The Generation of Chinese Ancient Humanistic Spirit

The discussion of humanistic spirit has been a great cultural focus for years, but it has always been absent of a necessary theoretical basis because of the absence of systematical theoretical summary of the origin and development of Chinese humanistic spirit. This paper considers that Chinese humanistic spirit appeared between Yin and Zhou Dynasties, during Chunqiu and Zhanguo period the Chinese humanistic spirit was fully developed. During this period, Chinese humanistic spirit has always embodied such quintessence as the difference between the human beings and the animals, which indicated the original satisfaction.