A preliminary exploration into the Yu-Shun spirit of Yu-Shun culture

"Spirit" means "purpose" in modern Chinese. Cultural spirit is the main purpose or leading idea that penetrates into culture. It is the most subtle inner driving force and ideological foundation of cultural phenomena. It is the basic idea and concept that guides and promotes the continuous advancement of culture. The same is true for the relationship between Yu Shun’s spirit and Yu Shun’s culture.

After we have a general understanding of the basic connotation of Yushun culture, what is the basic essence of Yushun spirit? In other words, today we want to inherit, carry forward and even enrich the development of Yushun spirit. What kind of spirit is it? To answer this question, we must first clarify a premise: the spirit of Yu and Shun in the narrow sense and the spirit of Yu and Shun in the broad sense.

In the author’s opinion, the spirit of Yu and Shun in the narrow sense mainly refers to the spirit of Yu and Shun corresponding to the culture of Yu and Shun, which is an important source of traditional Chinese culture. It can also be called the spirit of Yu and Shun in the original sense. Spirit. This Yu-Shun spirit takes Yu-Shun's "Mingde" thought of "emphasis on virtuous government, education, social harmony and filial piety" as its core content. Although it is narrow in content, it is more extensive in terms of regional spread and historical inheritance. The spirit of Yu and Shun in a broad sense mainly refers to the spirit of Yu and Shun that corresponds to the Yu and Shun culture and regional culture that have developed continuously in the Shangyu region for thousands of years. It can also be called the spirit of Yu and Shun in the local or derived sense. Although this spirit of Yu and Shun has regional and limited characteristics in its regional dissemination and historical inheritance, it is more inclusive and developmental in terms of content, and has more practical value guidance and psychological cohesion functions. , Mental stimulation function. Obviously, this article will focus on the latter rather than the former.

So what is the essence of this broad Yu-Shun spirit that is rooted in the regional culture of Shangyu and has been formed and enriched in the historical and social development of Shangyu for thousands of years? The author believes that it mainly consists of the following three aspects. Maintaining social harmony is one of the ultimate purposes of Shun's thought of transforming people with virtue. "Harmony", as the basic connotation of Yu and Shun's spirit, is also an important attitude towards life that the people of Shangyu have developed over thousands of years. Shangyu is located in the south of the Yangtze River with warm mountains and soft waters. Historically, the society has been relatively stable and people's temperaments have always been relatively gentle. In addition, during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and the Southern Song Dynasty, there were three major migrations of northerners to the south. The people of Shangyu are good at accepting foreign ethnic groups and pay attention to society. The harmonious and cooperative spirit of *** community building is very obvious. The construction of ponds and rivers in the past and today's civilized city creation, beautification and beautification of Shangyu, etc., all reflect people's positive attitude towards the good interaction between the government and the people and the friendly coexistence between humans and the environment in building a social community. It is particularly worth mentioning that the people of Shangyu have a tradition of supporting each other between the rich and the poor. The atmosphere of folk charity, benevolence and harmony is very strong. Mr. Zhang Jie has donated more than 12 million yuan to support education in his hometown. Mr. Zhang Jie, who became the first person to "touch Zhejiang", even Is an example of this. Comparable with "harmony", the spirit of "openness" facing the ocean, leading overseas, and going to the world is not only the basic feature of Shangyu culture, which belongs to the Wuyue culture category, but also the basic feature of the Yushun spirit in the broad sense. If Wang Chong, Xie An, Xie Lingyun, Zhang Xuecheng, Ma Yifu, Hu Yuzhi, Xia Zunzun, Zhu Kezhen, Wu Juenong and many other Shangyu cultural celebrities are good at traveling thousands of miles while reading thousands of books, it is due to the "open" gene, then Chunhui Middle School " The school motto of “Advancing with the Times” fully demonstrates the meaning of “openness”. Today, "opening up" has become our development guideline from the "Longshan Era" to the "Cao'ejiang Era" and then to the "Hangzhou Bay Era".

In the rich and splendid native culture of Shangyu, I believe that the culture of Yushun and the spirit of Yushun, as an excellent cultural heritage, are the ones that should attract our attention and attention the most. How to better excavate and carry forward this spirit, and how to enrich and develop this spirit with the times, may be a problem to be solved.