Chinese legal-philosophic syncretism and its influence to value orientations of the Chinese society

Abstract

The article is devoted to researching of historical-cultural and legal-philosophic factors that influence on the formation of value orientations inside the Chinese society. The analysis of these factors was made by using of the historical-philosophical method, which enables to trace the turning points of cultural genesis of Chinese civilization, as well as the specifically-historical approach. The last one contributes to a better understanding of the current status of Chinese socio-cultural reality, in its dependence on the recent past events, and on the Chinese traditional spiritual values. In conclusion it’s stated that the essence of actual Chinese approach to regulation of wide-range social relations could be defined as a "legal-philosophic syncretism".

Keywords

• China
• social relations
• value orientations
• legal-philosophic syncretism
• legal policy
• mental traditions