On the Traditional Culture of China

The traditional culture of China is a big topic, which can't be explained clearly in one or two sentences. What is culture? In Ci Hai's words, culture is the sum of social spiritual wealth and material wealth; In other words, culture is an ecological isomorphism that includes spiritual values and lifestyles. It can be seen that the extension of culture includes the whole society, and culture is actually talking about the whole society. Therefore, to discuss the traditional culture of China is to discuss the history of China for thousands of years. The history of the Chinese nation stretches for 5,000 years and 80,000 miles. Of course, this is not clear in one or two sentences. But it can be discussed from one aspect, such as the characteristics of China's traditional culture.

Borrowing from Yu's viewpoint, China's traditional culture should be an ecological unity with the ultimate goal of pursuing love and goodness. At the beginning of the sacred amethyst, "at the beginning of life, human nature is good", which shows that human nature is good. Mencius said that the benevolent loves others. "Disciple Rules" says, love the masses, but be kind. Liu Bei said, don't do it with evil small, don't do it with good small. These are all warning people to pursue kindness and give love. People-oriented in modern society is actually a return to human nature. The respect for human life in modern society also reflects a kind of great love and kindness of human beings. Hugo once said that kindness is the sun of the spiritual world. In this sense, love and kindness are the common goals of human culture.

Yu talked about the three characteristics of China culture, which is also applicable to summarize the characteristics of China traditional culture. These characteristics are as follows: First, China traditional culture has established the "way of courtesy" in the social model. The Chinese nation is a world-famous country of etiquette. Respecting the old and loving the young, respecting the old and loving the young, etc., established by China for thousands of years, are all theoretical explorations and behavioral norms for establishing a state of etiquette.

Secondly, the traditional culture of China established the "way of being a gentleman" in the personality model. The Chinese nation has always valued the gentleman far from the villain, and the first program of the "Three Cardinals and Five Permits" is that the gentleman is a clean program. Therefore, people are required to be magnanimous gentlemen, not villains. Then set the ambition of "self-cultivation, keeping the family in order, governing the country and leveling the world".

Thirdly, China traditional culture has established the "golden mean" in the way of behavior. This is the difference between China's traditional culture and other national cultures, and it is also the fundamental reason for its enduring in the long history of the world.