This concept first came from a sentence in the Analects of Confucius: "The golden mean is also a virtue, which is extremely embarrassing." . Confucianism believes that the doctrine of the mean is the principle of being a man and the way to deal with all kinds of things. It is advocated that when dealing with anything, we should maintain moderation and balance and avoid being too extreme, so as to achieve a harmonious and unified state. The Confucian school was founded by Confucius at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period and was highly respected by Confucian scholars in previous dynasties. The representatives of Confucianism are Confucius, Mencius, Xunzi, Dong Zhongshu, Cheng Yi, Zhu and Lu Jiuyuan. Confucius, whose surname is Kong, whose name is Zhong Ni, is a famous thinker, politician and educator in ancient China. Created a private lecture, advocating benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith. There are 3,000 disciples, including 72 sages. He led some disciples to travel around the world for fourteen years, and revised the six classics (poetry, calligraphy, ceremony, music, Yi, Spring and Autumn) in his later years. After his death, his disciples and descendants recorded the words and deeds, quotations and thoughts of Confucius and his disciples and compiled The Analects. This book is regarded as a Confucian classic.

The doctrine of the mean is one of the core ideas of Confucianism, which originated from The Analects of Confucius and was comprehensively expounded in the book The Doctrine of the Mean. Simply put, the doctrine of the mean is impartial and just right.