What are China's values? How is it different from western values?

The harmony and unity between man and nature after the Han Dynasty showed "the unity of man and nature", which became the value ideal of China culture.

The so-called "harmony between man and nature" means paying attention to the harmony between man and nature, the consistency between human nature (the law of human society) and heaven (the universal law of the universe), and not advocating the separation between man and nature.

The idea of harmony between man and nature does not emphasize the conquest and transformation of nature, nor does it advocate the opposition between man and nature, but advocates the coordination between man and nature. According to this idea, people can't go against nature, but should follow the laws of nature and make their behavior in harmony with nature.

Compared with western modern values, China's values mainly show four characteristics.

1、? Responsibility comes before freedom.

2. Obligations precede rights.

3. The group is higher than the individual.

4. Harmony is higher than conflict.

Extended data:

China's values emphasize the individual's responsibility to others, to the community and even to nature, which embodies a strong sense of responsibility. In particular, Confucian values emphasize the priority of obligations.

China culture and China values do not advocate individual standard, but emphasize group standard, emphasizing that the value of group is higher than individual. According to China culture and China people's values, individuals cannot live alone, but must live in groups, and their moral cultivation should be improved in community life.

It is a continuous concentric structure open to the community, that is, individual-family-country-world-nature, which expands from the inside out, thus including multiple dimensions, and confirms the responsibility and obligation of individuals to different levels of communities. At the same time, it emphasizes social harmony, attaches importance to harmony, and pursues harmony without difference.

People's Network-China Traditional Culture and Core Values