TRADITIONAL VALUES OF CONFUCIANISM AS A FACTOR IN THE FORMATION OF NATIONAL IDENTITY OF YOUTH

Abstract

The article presents results of theoretical analysis of the importance of Chinese virtues and values for the development of national identity among Chinese youth. Analysis of the influence of historical features in the formation of statehood in China allowed to testify to patriotic education and national identity of student youth outside the space of enormous cultural potential and values of the philosophical tradition of Confucianism accumulated over thousands of years of history. The results of the empirical part of the study indicated the fact that Chinese students realize the limitations of their knowledge of national characteristics and culture of the PRC, which leads to the lack of unity with the nation, to a feeling of insufficient self-esteem and belonging to a great civilization. Qualitative analysis of the responses confirmed the author’s assumption about the need to identify national aesthetic and original means and pedagogical tools in order to develop national identity among student youth in China. As expected, these events will act as a factor in the unity of Chinese youth with their culture.