Recently, articles are being solicited for the international academic seminar "Human Rights Concept in Chinese Classics". This text activity aims to further activate the human rights thoughts, strategies, systems and historical experience in ancient books and promote the exchange and mutual learning between Chinese civilization and other civilizations in the world.

Zhao Jianwen, a researcher of the Institute of International Law of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said in an interview with People's Daily Online that Chinese classics are an important carrier of the achievements of spiritual civilization in Chinese civilization and contain inexhaustible spiritual wealth. "The human rights concepts in Chinese classics are the source of China's contemporary human rights cause and an important part of the common spiritual wealth of all mankind. These concepts have shown and will continue to show strong vitality in the mutual learning of human civilizations," Zhao Jianwen said.

"There is a French version of" The Analects of Confucius ", the first edition of which was published in 1688, in China's national etiquette. This book confirmed the spread of Confucian classics in France at that time. Confucius' thoughts deeply influenced Voltaire and others, providing valuable ideological enlightenment for the French enlightenment movement." Zhao Jianwen said, "Voltaire, a French enlightenment thinker, and others highly praised Confucianism. The idea of 'Do not do to others what you do not want to do to yourself' in the Analects was written into the French Declaration of Human Rights at the end of the 18th century."

Zhao Jianwen pointed out that the concept of human rights in Chinese classics has been written into universal international human rights instruments and has been exerting worldwide influence. "For example, in the drafting process of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Zhang Pengchun, the representative of China, proposed to write the Confucian concept of 'benevolence'. Since there is no corresponding word in English, after repeated discussions, the word 'conscience' was finally written into the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This also confirms that the human rights thoughts and strategies in ancient books and records promote the exchange and mutual learning between Chinese civilization and other civilizations in the world. " Zhao Jianwen explained.