江泽民同志曾在2001年的多次讲话中指出:“在现阶段,我们不仅要加强社会主义法制建设,以法治国。也要加强社会主义道德建设,以德治国”。(人民日报,2001年1月11日)之后,中央颁布了《公民道德建设实施纲要》,把以德治国的理念付诸实施,予以具体化。在这一道德建设的过程中,正确对待中国传统的伦理文化、道德思想等就显得尤为重要。因为没有继承就无法创新。不正视历史,就不能建设未来。我们的现代化道德建设需要从传统道德中吸取营养。我们也有必要依据优良传统道德来认识当今的社会现 In his many speeches made in 2001, Comrade Jiang Zemin pointed out: At this stage, we must not only step up the building of a socialist legal system and administer the country by law, but also strengthen the socialist moral construction and rule the country by virtue. (People’s Daily, January 11, 2001), the Central Government promulgated the Compendium of Implementation of Citizenship and Ethics, putting the concept of governing the country by moral into practice and concrete. In this process of moral construction, it is particularly important to correctly treat the Chinese traditional ethical culture and moral ideology. Because there is no inheritance can not be innovative. Without looking squarely at history, we can not build the future. Our modern moral construction needs to learn from the traditional ethics. It is also necessary for us to recognize the present social reality based on the fine traditional morality