Abstract: When we implementing the strategy of ruling bymoral forces, we shouldrealize the reasonable factors in the traditional ruling ideas of China while trying to check them critically. Specifically speaking, we need to see the difference between the contemporary idea of ruling by moral forces and traditional idea of ruling by moral forces. To rule by moral forces must be fit for the new conditions of our times.

Key words: ruling by moral forces, traditional idea of ruling by moral forces, moral construction

摘要： 当代我国实施的以德治国需要正确认识传统德治思想的合理因素,同时又必须对传统德治思想作批判性的超越,意识到以德治国与传统德治的差别,并坚持走德法兼治的道路,加强官德、民德和与市场经济相适应的新型道德的建设。

关键词: 以德治国, 传统德治, 道德建设