What is the humanistic spirit in Chinese culture

1. The spirit of tolerance and broad-mindedness

Chinese culture is a culture of openness and acceptance. From the very beginning, Chinese culture has been constantly tolerating and integrating foreign cultures. Today's Chinese nation is a fusion of 56 ethnic groups, and a concrete manifestation of the openness and compatibility of Chinese culture.

2. The spirit of universal harmony

"The world is a commonwealth in the conduct of the Great Way" and "All brothers are brothers within the four seas" are expressions of the importance that the Chinese people attach to universal harmony and The Chinese people value harmony and mutual love rather than confrontation or bullying of the weak. The concepts of "harmonious society" and "harmonious world" proposed by China today are also embodiments of the spirit of cosmopolitanism. Historically, the mighty China did not take the initiative to invade smaller countries.

The expansion of China's territory was the result of fighting back against foreign invasions of the time and the active integration of foreign cultures into the Chinese culture. The mighty Ming Dynasty sent Zheng He to the West, sending silk, porcelain and various other items to various countries. Today's "China threat theory" of some people in the West is actually a manifestation of their Western confrontational and competitive thinking, and their own history of love of aggression to speculate on the harmony and commonwealth as the core features of Chinese culture.

3. The spirit of mediocrity

Mediocrity is not about being a nice guy, but about getting things just right, and it's a kind of "golden mean" of great wisdom. Traditional Chinese culture advocates the combination of "wisdom, benevolence, courage" is the perfect personality, rather than emphasizing one end, is the spirit of mediocrity. "Beneficence without expense, labor without resentment, desire without greed, arrogance without pride, and might without ferocity" is the spirit of mediocrity. To "do as you wish" but "not exceed the rules" is the middle ground.

4, People-oriented spirit

"The people are the foundation of the state, the foundation of the state". "The people are the most important thing, the gods of earth and grain come second, and the king is light." "The owner of the state has the people, as if the city has a foundation, the wood has a root". "What is good for the people is good for the people, and what is bad for the people is bad for the people." Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty said, "The way to be a king must first save the people, if you lose the people to serve his body, it is like cutting the stock to eat the belly, the belly is full and the body biro." In modern China, the declaration of "power for the people, love for the people, profit for the people" is also in line with the traditional Chinese culture of people-oriented thinking.

5, love and care for others and the spirit of social responsibility

"The benevolent man loves people," "love each other, and exchange of interest ", all emphasize the care for others. Traditional Chinese culture recognizes that true personal happiness is necessarily linked to the well-being of others and society as a whole. In traditional Chinese culture, "the consciousness of the great man", "the inner sage and the outer king", "the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of all men", "to establish the heart for heaven and earth, to establish the life of the people, to succeed the great sages in the past, to carry on the great learning for the ten thousand people". The advocates such as "to establish a heart for heaven and earth, to establish a life for the people, to succeed the great learning of the past sages, and to open up peace for the world" all emphasize the application of one's personal energy and talent to the pursuit of the happiness of society as a whole.

Fan Zhongyan, Wen Tianxiang ...... countless benevolent people, have the world to take charge of the people for the people of the sentiment and for the historical record of touching deeds. Even the ancient wise emperors there, "all parties guilty, the crime in my own" attitude in the face of the family and the country, are also the embodiment of the cultural spirit of the world.