A Comparison Between the Chinese and Western Concept of Harmony

Harmony is the core value principle of Chinese traditional culture with the pursuit of ecological of the affinity between man and nature,the of the state in the spirit of selfless sacrifice and public contributions,interpersonal of respecting courtesy and benevolence,and the between body and spirit with inner examination and selfcultivation.However the west also holds the thought of in the long history of conception of social development.Although the concepts of harmony in Chinese and western have much in common,they also differ from each other with their own respective cultural peculiarities.A contrastive study of the two helps deepen our understanding of harmony thought in Chinese traditional culture.