ZHANG TAI-YAN'S ETHICAL IDEAS AND ITS INFLUENCES

Chinese society has a tradition of valuing ethics and this has been studied by many researchers over the past thousands of years. In an attempt to fuse traditional Chinese morals with the western capitalist ethics, Zhang Tai yan made great efforts in the exploration of the reconstruction of the modern social ethical system. By observing Zhang Tai yan in the macro social network of political, economic and cultural factors, and assessing the value and the realistic significance of the Zhang's ethical ideas, the author probed into the interaction between Zhang's ethical ideas and the political, economic and cultural factors in the transitional period of the modern society