关键词: 先秦儒家, 伦理精粹, 民族精神

Abstract: This paper thinks the ethical terseness of pre-Qin Confucianism has given play to main function in the process of formation and development of spiritthe Chinese nation, and expounds from its esteeming the benevolence and laying stress on the righteousness, valuing the propriety and honesty, laying stress onthe wisdom and valuing the braveness, valuing highly the harmony and holding themean, and its initiation of striving to become stronger and favoring the virtues, loving our country and presenting with all respect, the ideal of times of peace and prosperity, being the saint inside and the monarchy outside, and its characters of thoughts and so on.

Key words: pre-Qin Confucianism, ethical terseness, national spirit