The golden mean is the core idea of Confucianism and even the whole traditional culture of China, and it is the crystallization of the great wisdom of the Chinese nation for thousands of years. Based on the nature, Taoism and teaching of "the nature of destiny, the nature of cultivation and the teaching of cultivation", it profoundly expounds the highest realm of life-neutralization.

The golden mean is the wisdom foundation of success or failure in life. Honesty is in the middle, faith is outside, a gentleman is cautious and independent, a benevolent person loves others, a benevolent person is invincible, honesty is clear, honesty is clear, and harmony is expensive. Don't give up on yourself.

The book has a distinctive style, proper comments and profound implications. In addition to excerpting the original text, there are also notes in the vernacular. In the section of "Reading Slowly", a large number of stories, fables and examples closely related to people's lives in modern society are excerpted. Combined with the ideas expounded in this section, lead us to savor the wisdom of life and the way of dealing with the world contained in The Doctrine of the Mean.

1. Introduction:

The Doctrine of the Mean is one of the Confucian classics. Originally article 31 of the Book of Rites, the text was written between the end of the Warring States Period and the Western Han Dynasty. The author is inconclusive. On the one hand, it was written by Kong Ji (The Doctrine of the Mean written by Zisi), and on the other hand, it was written by scholars in the Qin Dynasty or the Han Dynasty. Confucian scholars in the Song Dynasty respected the golden mean, so they took it out of The Book of Rites and wrote it independently, while Zhu was co-edited with The Analects of Confucius, Mencius and Daxue into four books.

2. Explain in detail:

The golden mean was originally an article in Xiao Dai's Book of Rites. The author is a descendant of Confucius, Zi Si, who was revised by scholars in Qin Dynasty. Scholars in Song Dynasty put the doctrine of the mean in a prominent position. There were more than 100 articles on the doctrine of the mean in the Song Dynasty. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhu wrote The Doctrine of the Mean, which was called four books together with The University, The Analects of Confucius and Mencius.

3. Theoretical basis:

The theoretical basis of the doctrine of the mean is the unity of man and nature. Usually, people talk about the unity of heaven and man mainly from philosophy, mostly from Mencius. "People do their best to know their nature; If you know its nature, you will know its nature "("Dedicated "), while ignoring the harmony between man and nature in the golden mean, and even ignoring the true meaning of harmony between man and nature.