Abstract: Inner saint and external king is a theoretic layout of self cultivation and ruling the country raised by the pre Qin confucianist to change the conflicting situation in history. The theory of pre Qin Confucian is Systematically expounded in this first chapter of Great Learning, in Three Cardinal Guides and Eight Orders, the combination of inside and outside of the construction completely is composed of ethics and politics, and cultivating ones morality and ethic and administrating the country, oneself and family, country and the world; cultivating ones morality and ethic is essential, and the human virtues inherent should be expanded outward in the objective world. The 18th CPC National Congress advocates the cultivation and practice of the socialist core values. The theory of Confucian inner saint and external king and socialist core values will play an important supporting role, which not only provide the socialist core values the source of live water to inherit civilization, but also will offer inner motivation for the practice of the socialist core values.

Key words: Confucian, inner saint and external king, the socialist core values, value recognition, morality