Doctrine of the Mean
The Path of Balance
Teachings on harmony, the middle way, and the connection between heaven and human nature
关于中和之道、天人合一的儒家心法
天命之谓性,率性之谓道,修道之谓教。
What Heaven ordains is called nature; following nature is called the Dao; cultivating the Dao is called education.
喜怒哀乐之未发,谓之中;发而皆中节,谓之和。
Before joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness arise, it is called the Mean. When they arise and hit the proper measure, it is called Harmony.
中也者,天下之大本也;和也者,天下之达道也。
The Mean is the great root of the world; Harmony is the universal path of the world.
致中和,天地位焉,万物育焉。
Reach the Mean and Harmony, and Heaven and Earth find their place, and all things flourish.
君子中庸,小人反中庸。
The noble person follows the Mean; the petty person opposes it.
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