On the New Morality of Zhang Dainian in His Early Period

As early as in the 1920-1930s,Zhang Dainian proposed a presumption that A new morality needs to be rebuilt for adapting to the new era.The basic principles of the new morality consist of Oneness of Li and Sheng(ethic and life),integrating oneself with Qun(the people/the country/the society) ,Oneness of Yi and Ming(idealism and realism) and Oneness of Tian and Ren(integrating man into nature via the practice).The basic norms of the new morality include Liu Da De(six social morals):loyalty,sympathy,honor,humility,frugality and bravery,and Liu Ji De(six daily behavior standards and criteria):finicality,maitri,diligence,austerity,public property-care,and shame.The new morality takes the new Sangang(three principles)as its utmost basics.And its utmost goals are to benefit and be integrated into all the people.Historical evaluation of the new morality is as follows:A revolutionary and progressive morality,a critical inheritance and creative transcendence of traditional morality,and a theoretical basis of the new socialist morality.