The various theories of the ethic value, put forward and established by the traditional outlook of righteousness and benefit, has been widely penetrated into and functioned on every level of different social lives in the history of China, and run through the.

Therefore,traditional utilitarianism must be remolded by the way of rationalization to construct a kind of rational utilitarianism,which is stressed on seeking interests rationally,and insists on the unity of individual interests and social interests,utility and morality,means and goals.

Yan Yuan,a Confucian scholar in the early Qing Dynasty,helps spread the profoundity of Confucianism with his creative reinterpretations of humanity,utilitarianism,and ideal personalities.