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The Ethical Meaning of Confucian "Harmony" Culture and Its Modern Value

Haiyan Tang

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Harmonyis ultimate moral-spiritual ideal of Confucian culture,which includes two fundamental respects:listen to both sides and choose middle course and striving for but not sameness.The natural value orientation of the between man and nature,the society ethic orientation of harmony is valuable,as well as individual value orientation of body and mind come harmoniously provides plenty of philosophy wisdom and principle for contemporary society in handling relationship between people and people,individuals and society,spirit and body,and creating a better society in general.

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Harmonyis ultimate moral-spiritual ideal of Confucian culture,which includes two fundamental respects:listen to both sides and choose middle course and striving for but not sameness.The natural value orientation of the between man and nature,the society ethic orientation of harmony is valuable,as well as individual value orientation of body and mind come harmoniously provides plenty of philosophy wisdom and principle for contemporary society in handling relationship between people and people,individuals and society,spirit and body,and creating a better society in general.

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Harmonyis ultimate moral-spiritual ideal of Confucian culture,which includes two fundamental respects:listen to both sides and choose middle course and striving for but not sameness.The natural value orientation of the between man and nature,the society ethic orientation of harmony is valuable,as well as individual value orientation of body and mind come harmoniously provides plenty of philosophy wisdom and principle for contemporary society in handling relationship between people and people,individuals and society,spirit and body,and creating a better society in general.

Key concepts: Harmony (color), Social value orientations, Value (mathematics), Confucian ethics, Ideal (ethics), Sociology, Meaning (existential), Environmental ethics

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