Confucius' golden mean, what does this golden mean?

The doctrine of the mean means to be moderate in doing things, know how to master the sense of proportion, and go too far, which is the core of the doctrine of the mean.

1, what is the golden mean?

Speaking of the golden mean, you will think that this is Confucius' proposition. Nowadays, many learned young people don't quite agree with the golden mean and think it doesn't conform to their inner choices. Can you really think about it? Do you understand the specific meaning of Confucius and Mencius? China has a history and civilization of more than 5000 years. During these two thousand years, both emperors and generals and ordinary people praised Confucius' Confucian culture. Therefore, in my opinion, the core of the golden mean must be to follow the laws of social development and change, and the golden mean will certainly penetrate into all levels of society.

2. The concept of the golden mean

Medium? With what? And then what? Is an important concept. Medium? It means neutrality, moderation, impartiality, maintaining neutrality, maintaining relations between all parties and maintaining stability. ? And then what? It is peace and harmony, keeping a peaceful attitude towards everything, and treating people and things with a normal heart.

The golden mean has taught us the truth of being a man and doing things. Be humble and respectful, treat others peacefully and keep a safe distance. When doing things, you should relax, master the sense of proportion, and do things seriously without offending people, so that you can achieve the goals you set.

3. How should we learn the golden mean?

At ordinary times, we should learn from China's traditional culture, Confucius and Mencius, learn to handle all kinds of things with the golden mean, understand the development law of anything, control the degree of change, gradually accumulate experience, gradually hone the quality of will, and finally learn the golden mean.

In short, the doctrine of the mean is to neutralize the opinions of all parties, keep the right side, abandon the wrong point of view, don't hold the sword sideways, and learn to be good at using it. This is the correct golden mean. When dealing with any problem, we must find the breakthrough point, so that it will eventually tend to be balanced, not exceeding the predetermined scale, and be moderate.