——"Young People Should Consciously Practice the Core Values of Socialism -- Speech at the Symposium of Teachers and Students of Peking University" and other articles

■Interpretation

At Peking University, in the Nationalities Primary School, in the collective study of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, and in Shanghai, Comrade Xi Jinping has repeatedly talked about the issue of cultivating and practicing the core values of socialism. "The country cannot prosper without virtue, and people cannot stand without virtue", people need morality, politics needs official morality, and what is needed to govern the country is the core values that everyone internalizes in their hearts and manifests in their actions. Every era has the spirit of each era, and every era has the values of each era. This kind of core value carries the spiritual pursuit of a nation and a country, and embodies the value standard of a society to judge right and wrong. Comrade Xi Jinping quoted these two sentences in "Guanzi", which is the understanding of the core values of the Chinese ancestors at that time. Today, we put forward the "three initiatives" from the three levels of the state, society and individuals, outlining the core of a country's values, the common ideals of a society, and the spiritual home of hundreds of millions of people, and delineating the beacon of value for reform and development.

■Original text

The state has four dimensions, one dimension is absolutely tilted, two dimensions are dangerous, three dimensions are overthrown, and four dimensions are extinguished. It can be tilted, the danger can be safe, the cover can be raised, and the destruction cannot be repeated. What is 4D? One is etiquette, the second is righteousness, the third is honesty, and the fourth is shame.

——(Spring and Autumn) Guanzi "Pipe, Herdsman, Four Dimensions"

Whoever has landed herdsmen shall keep watch at the barn at four o'clock. …… If the four dimensions are not open, the country will perish.

——(Spring and Autumn) Guanzi "Guanzi, Herdsmen, National Song"

■Definition

The "four dimensions" is said in the book "Pipe". "Guanzi, Herdsmen, Four Dimensions" said: "One is etiquette, two is righteousness, three is honesty, and four is shame." "Guanzi, Herdsmen, and National Song" pointed out: "If the four dimensions are not open, the country will perish." Ouyang Xiu of the Northern Song Dynasty summarized it in "The History of the New Five Dynasties: The Biography of Feng Dao": "Courtesy, righteousness, honesty and shame, the four dimensions of the country." If the four dimensions are not open, the country will perish. Zhang: Unfold, implement. This means that propriety, righteousness, honesty, and shame are the four moral principles that sustain the country, and if they are not enforced, the country is very vulnerable to destruction.

"The state has four dimensions, one dimension is absolutely tilted, two dimensions are in danger, three dimensions are overthrown, and four dimensions are extinct." The country is four-dimensional, and if one dimension is missing, the country will tilt; Without two dimensions, the country will be in danger; Without three-dimensionality, the country will be subverted; Without the four dimensions, the state will perish. "What is four dimensions? One is etiquette, the second is righteousness, the third is honesty, and the fourth is shame. "Li" means that there are festivals up and down; If you are courteous, you will not go beyond the festival. "Righteousness" refers to a proper standard of conduct; If there is righteousness, there will be no self-improvement. "Lian" means honest and square; If you are honest, you will not hide your evil deeds. "Shame" refers to the heart of shame; If you are ashamed, you will not be in the same boat. Therefore, by using these four dimensions to govern the country, the monarchy can be stable, the people will not be cunning, the behavior will be correct, and evil things will not be born, so that the country can be defended and the people can be governed.