What is the spirit of traditional Chinese culture?

1, "humanistic" spirit. The germ of it existed in the Yan Huang era, and later Confucius inherited the humanistic spirit of the Shang Zhou Dynasty and developed it creatively.

It is characterized by the importance of human moral cultivation, and advocates through their own cultivation and learning, to become noble, ideal people. Ancient humanism therefore emphasized etiquette, advocated the rule of virtue, pursued social harmony, and ultimately established a world where "the world is a common good. These humanistic spirits have cultivated the traditional virtues of the Chinese people, such as being enterprising, perseverance, respect for the elderly, relief for the orphans and the disabled, and diligent and thrifty management of the family and the country.

2. The spirit of "nature". Ancient schools of thought have explored the relationship between man and nature from different aspects, that is, the relationship between "heaven and man". The book "Laozi" put forward the "law of nature", is the starting point of the Chinese culture of "nature" spirit, emphasizing the need to recognize nature as it is, do not attach the subjective imagination of man. On the other hand, the book Zhuangzi emphasizes that people should respect and care for nature, and puts forward the excellent idea of protecting the ecological balance.

3. The spirit of "odd and even". Our ancestors created the philosophical concepts of "yin" and "yang" in their labor practices. When people use these two concepts to explain the nature and personnel changes, and in the digital aspect of the generalization of the "odd" and "even" concept. For example, from "no sound", "five colors", "five flavors" in the "five" to see the composition and change of things. After the Tang Dynasty, Chinese medicine and by the "gossip" said the influence.

The separation of odd and even became a distinctive feature of the ancient way of thinking. Thus, the relative concepts of phasing, safety and security, movement and static, surplus and deficit, honor and inferiority, and knowledge and behavior came into being. Confucius's "Meanwhile" and Laozi's theory of "suppressing loss, lifting up and replenishing" are theoretical illustrations of this kind of "odd-even" change. What Song Confucianism calls "splitting into two" is also a combination of odd and even. Observation of "one", to see its own "two"; Finally, it boils down to "one", then people have a true understanding of something.

4, "will pass" spirit. Chinese traditional culture is the result of the creation of the people of all nationalities in China, and at the same time, it has also absorbed the excellent culture of foreign countries, and the quality of this continuous absorption and improvement is the spirit of "understanding". For example, during the Western Han Dynasty, Confucianism and Law were combined. Later on, Confucianism and Taoism became compatible and absorbed the essence of Buddhism. This can be seen very clearly in the history of Chinese culture and thought.