Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional customs - Core Connotations of Traditional Chinese Culture

Core Connotations of Traditional Chinese Culture

The core connotations of traditional Chinese culture include the unity of man and heaven, the idea of yin and yang, harmony and difference, benevolence, righteousness, loyalty and forgiveness, robustness, self-reliance, dedication and knowledge of the nature of life, life and cultivation of both, and the importance of the family, the family ethic of the blood, and so on.

1, the unity of heaven and mankind: emphasizes the harmonious relationship between man and nature, believes that human society and nature is a unified whole, should be in accordance with the time of the day, and is concerned with the timing of the day, the right place, the right time, the right person and the right person.

2, yin and yang thought: that anything contains the unity of opposites, emphasizing that the two opposing sides and united together and transformed into each other, such as gold, wood, water, fire and earth, five kinds of substances generated and constraints on each other.

3. Harmony and Difference: the pursuit of unity in diversity and balance in complexity, emphasizing the harmonious ****existence and mutual promotion between different things.

4. Benevolence, loyalty and forgiveness: emphasizes morality, ethics and interpersonal relationships, such as preaching benevolence and love, emphasizing the people's principle, abiding by honesty and revering justice.

5. Robustness and self-improvement: advocating a positive and progressive attitude towards life.

6. Knowledge of the Heart and Life: Emphasizes inner cultivation and the overall development of the body and mind.

7. Emphasis on family and blood relations: focuses on family and blood relations, emphasizing the importance of family and a sense of responsibility to the family.