The golden mean emphasizes honesty, regards honesty as the highest category of ideological system, and regards the pursuit of honesty as the criterion of human nature. At the same time, the learning process and cognitive methods of erudition, interrogation, careful thinking, discrimination and perseverance are put forward.
"University" put forward three programs, namely, being well-known, being close to the people and stopping at perfection. Also put forward eight items, namely: respect for things, knowledge, sincerity, integrity, self-cultivation, keeping the family in order, governing the country and leveling the world. Therefore, the transformation from "inner sage" to "outer king" is of great significance.
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The content of the golden mean affirms that "the golden mean" is the highest standard of moral behavior, regards "sincerity" as the noumenon of the world, thinks that "sincerity" reaches the highest realm of life, and puts forward the learning process and cognitive methods of "erudition, interrogation, careful thinking, discernment and perseverance". It was extracted from the Book of Rites in the Song Dynasty and merged with Daxue, Analects of Confucius and Mencius into four books.
After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, it became an official textbook, and the imperial examination was compulsory, which had a great influence on the ancient education and society in China. Its main annotations include Cheng Hao's The Doctrine of the Mean, Cheng Yi's Interpretation of the Doctrine of the Mean, Zhu's Chapters of the Doctrine of the Mean, Li Yong's Biography of the Doctrine of the Mean, Dai Zhen's Supplementary Notes on the Doctrine of the Mean, Kang Youwei's Notes on the Doctrine of the Mean, Ma Qichang's Friends of the Doctrine of the Mean and Hu's Brief Comments on the Doctrine of the Mean.
Baidu Encyclopedia-University Doctrine of the Mean