What are the five outstanding characteristics of Chinese civilization? Please briefly discuss your understanding.

The outstanding characteristics of Chinese civilization are summarized in five aspects: continuity, innovation, unity, inclusiveness and peace. The specific understanding is as follows:

From a comprehensive and fundamental point of view, Chinese civilization has outstanding characteristics in five aspects: continuity, innovation, unity, inclusiveness, and peacefulness. Continuity fundamentally determines that the Chinese nation is bound to follow its own path; innovativeness fundamentally determines the Chinese nation's enterprising spirit of observing the right and not abiding by the old, honoring the ancient and not reverting to the past, as well as its fearlessness in accepting new things without fear of new challenges.

Unity fundamentally determines that a strong and unified nation is the destiny of all ethnic groups; inclusiveness fundamentally determines the openness of the Chinese culture to the world's civilizations; and peacefulness fundamentally determines that China has always been a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development, and a defender of international order.

From a developmental and practical point of view, the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics taken by the CPC under the leadership of the people of all nationalities is a successful combination of China's specific realities, the excellent traditional Chinese culture and Marxism, which is embodied in five aspects. The important assertion of "five outstanding characteristics" is a major achievement of the theoretical research system on Chinese civilization.

Characteristics of Chinese civilization

The Tang Law Review says, "China is China. Pro by the king's teachings, since China, clothing, customs, filial piety and fraternal duty, living in etiquette and righteousness, so it is called China." "Customs of filial piety and fraternal duty" refers to the Book of Filial Piety.

"Warring States Strategy - Volume 19 - Zhao policy two" in the cloud: "China, smart and wise knowledge of the residence is also, the wealth of all things are also gathered, wise and holy of the teaching is also, benevolence and righteousness of the implementation is also, poetry, etiquette and music of the use of the test is also, the different sensitive skills are also, far away of the view to go to the barbarians of the righteousness of the line is also." That is to say, the place of the Central Plains, the place where clever and far-sighted people live, the place where all things are accumulated, the place where sages and saints are educated, the place where benevolence and righteousness are practiced, the place where Poetry, Book, Rites and Music are used, the place where strange and exquisite skills are tried out, and the place where the four directions of nations are imitated.

In the Historical Records of the Qin Dynasty, Duke Mu of Qin himself said, "China is governed by poetry, books, rituals, music and law." Jin Yu Yu replied, "Since the last saint Huang Di as the rites, music and law, the body to precede." "Taizu, Taizong rites and music and criminal government of the outline of the Chinese civilization of the teachings, will be back to see today."

Ming dynasty founding minister Liu Bowen cloud: "Fu Hua Yi Jun defense, a king of the law, Hu master China, a few changes in the barbarians, the Bible Mingyi, a thousand years or annihilation." Therefore, the Six Classics, the Six Arts, the Five Constants, and the Way of Poetry, Book, Ritual, and Music, which they advocate, are the essence of Chinese civilization.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Chinese Civilization