Research on Taoism Clean Government Culture
Taoism clean government culture refers to the clean government culture in Taoism thoughts and Taoism culture. The Taoism clean government culture is a kind of new concept and culture that abstracts the honest and clean government in Taoism. “The true obje
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Research on Taoism Clean Government Culture Tao Li, Han-jun Tu and Rong Cheng Abstract Taoism clean government culture refers to the clean government culture in Taoism thoughts and Taoism culture. The Taoism clean government culture is a kind of new concept and culture that abstracts the honest and clean government in Taoism. “The true object of the Dao is the regulation of the person. Quite subordinate to this is its use in the management of the state and the clan; while the government of the kingdom is but the dust and refuse of it” the core connotation and basic value of Taoism clean government culture lie in the cultivation of one’s soul and morality. The cultivation of one’s soul and morality is not only the way of running the state, but also the basis of running the state. The leaders should actively learn from the Taoism clean government culture so as to learn to make the state better. Keywords Taoism clean government culture • Cultivate one’s morality
9.1 Introduction Taoism clean government culture refers to the clean and honest culture in Taoism thoughts and culture. It has contained such contents as ideological and moral cultivation, incorruptible employment, politics and honest education, and so on [1]. “I will do nothing (of purpose), and the people will be transformed of themselves; I will be fond of keeping still, and the people will of themselves become correct. I will take no trouble about it, and the people will of themselves become rich; I will manifest no ambition, and the people will of themselves attain to the primitive simplicity” [2]. “The Perfect man has no (thought of) self; the Spirit-like man, none of merit; the Sagelyminded man, none of fame” [3]. In Taoism, the cultivation of soul and morality is considered as both the way of running the state and the basis of running the state. Therefore, it has a very important profound meaning for the modern clean and honest T. Li (*) School of Public Health Wuhan University, Wuhan 430000, China e-mail: [email protected] T. Li · H. Tu · R. Cheng Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
Z. Zhong (ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Engineering and Applications (IEA) 2012, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 220, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4471-4844-9_9, © Springer-Verlag London 2013
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government construction to dig out the essence of the cultivation of one’s morality and the basic methods and attitude in the Taoism clean government culture.
9.2 The Connotation and Value of the Taoism Clean Government Culture As for the Taoism clean government culture, its connotation is the social thoughts that are embodied through the closed combination of modern clean and honest government culture and the traditional Taoism culture; while its value is embodied in the brand new vitality shown by the ancient Taoism culture when it is in the modern clean government construction.
9.2.1 The Major Thoughts of the Taoism Clean Government Culture Taoism thoughts are an important composite part in the Chin
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