A Study on the Contemporary Educational Value of the Confucian Concept of Happiness

Abstract

As an important part of the outlook on life, the concept of happiness has always been an important topic in ethics. The Confucian concept of happiness believes that the source of happiness is caring for others, the guarantee of happiness is self-restraint, and the real happiness is the common happiness of the whole society. The Confucian concept of happiness has positive guiding significance for the realization of personal social responsibility value. It benefits the development of a socialist harmonious society, and even the construction of a community of shared future for mankind. The Confucian concept of happiness still has an important educational value at present. It is meaningful for cultivating people to integrate the Confucian concept of happiness into the ideological and political education curriculum.