in the meanwhile, the author believes that the ethics-first is t he core content of the ru-schooled educational thinking . furthermore, in accordance with the current situation of the institutions of higher learning in china, it is pointed out that the ethics-first is conducive to today's ethics in china which should be emphasized more, the ru-school's cultivation of ideal personalities is helpful for the aim of fostering " four haves " talents, the ru's " ren " and " ai " are useful for the ethical principle of respecting, caring and understanding others, the ru's rich ethical standards is the physicalization of ethics, the ru's teaching methods can perfect the modern ethics methods, the ru's strict-self-disciple stimulate us to do well students'self education, and the ru's emphasizing of self-cultivation is contributed to the team construction of the ethics 同時,文中對德育首位是儒家教育思想的核心內容進行了論述,并在此基礎上提出這一思想對高校德育工作的現(xiàn)實價值:儒家重視德育的思想有助于高校堅持德育首要地位;儒家塑造理想人格的思想有助于高校堅持培養(yǎng)“四有”新人的目標;儒家“仁愛”思想有助于堅持尊重人、關心人、理解人的德育原則;儒家眾多的道德條目有助于道德教育的具體化;儒家豐富的品德教育方法有助于德育方法的完善;儒家嚴于律己的道德修養(yǎng)思想有助于搞好學生的自我教育;儒家身教示范的思想有助于我們加強德育隊伍建設。