在中国源远流长的传统道德学说中,吏德论是一个不可忽视的组成部分。由于产生在特定的时代,它无疑具有明显的时代性、阶级性。但在许多方面,它又超越了时代和阶级的局限,包含着人类公共生活的一般规律,体现着“古今共由”的从政哲理,具有恒久的价值。在当前行政道德亟需加强的情况下,遵循“古为今用”的原则,剔除中国传统吏德论的糟粕,汲取其理论精华,对于提高国家行政机关工作人员的道德 In the long tradition of Chinese moral tradition, the theory of virtue is an integral part of it. As a result of a particular era, it undoubtedly has a clear era, class. However, in many aspects, it goes beyond the limitations of the times and classes and contains the general laws of public life of mankind. It embodies the permanent political philosophy of “all-inclusive” politics. Under the urgent need of the current administrative ethics to be strengthened, the principle of “using the ancient as the present” should be abolished, and the dross of the traditional Chinese morals and ethics should be removed and the essence of the theory should be abolished. This is of great significance to improving the ethics of the staff of the state administrative organs