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What is the basic spirit of traditional Chinese culture

The basic spirit of traditional Chinese culture

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Chinese Chinese culture is not only colorful, but also has a charming temperament and rich connotation. This fascinating temperament and rich content is the basic spirit of Chinese culture. Regarding the basic spirit of culture, Zhang Dainian said, "The basic spirit of culture is the subtle inner power in the process of cultural development, i.e., the basic idea that guides the national culture to keep moving forward." From this, we can see that the so-called spirit of culture is the thought that drives and guides people's practice, i.e., the worldview and outlook on life. Undoubtedly, the basic spirit of Chinese culture is the worldview and outlook on life that have driven and guided the development of Chinese culture for thousands of years. Obviously, the content of worldview and outlook on life is rich, and the basic spirit of Chinese culture is also extremely rich. According to Zhang Dai Nian, there are four points in the basic spirit of Chinese culture: 1. rigidity and vigour; 2. harmony and neutrality; 3. reverence for virtue and utilization; 4. coordination between heaven and man. Mr. Zhang Youzhi pointed out in his "Chinese humanistic spirit", the basic spirit of Chinese culture has seven points; 1. human culture into - the creative spirit of the beginning of civilization; 2. rigidity and flexibility - the dialectical spirit of the poor to explore the original; 3. study of heaven and humanity --The spirit of painstaking exploration of the relationship between heaven and man; 4. Virtue - the moral and humanistic spirit of personality development; 5. Harmony and difference - the spirit of cultural convergence of all schools of thought; 6. The spirit of responsibility for the world; 7. The spirit of endlessness - the enrichment and development of Chinese humanism in modern times.