【 Guangming Forum · Reflections 】
Author: Chang Mingjie
Based on the integration of these spiritual elements, the rich and colorful cultural exchanges between the two countries effectively promote people to people communication and pass on the torch of friendship between the two countries.
"Benevolent to the people, loving things, and achieving universal harmony" is an important component of Chinese Confucianism and a spiritual gene pursued and inherited by the Chinese nation for over 5000 years. "Benevolent to the people and loving to the people" is derived from Mencius' "Empowerment of the Heart". The original text is "A gentleman's love for things is based on benevolence; for the people, benevolence is based on kinship; for the people, benevolence is based on kinship; for the people, benevolence is based on benevolence; for the people, benevolence is based on benevolence." It means that from loving one's own family to loving and cherishing the people, and from cherishing the people to loving all things. The concept of "Great Harmony in the World" comes from the "Great Way's Journey" in the "Book of Rites and Rites": "The Great Way's Journey is for the public, selecting talents and abilities, and promoting faith and harmony. Therefore, people do not only care for their own relatives or children, but also for their old age, strength and use. They have their strengths in childhood, and those who are modest, widowed, lonely, independent, and disabled have their own support. Men have their own share, and women have their own home. If goods are evil, they should be abandoned on the ground, and there is no need to hide them in themselves; if strength is evil, they do not come from their own bodies, and there is no need to do it for themselves. Therefore, they plan to shut down and do not engage in theft and chaos, and do not engage in it for outsiders." Closing is called Datong. It depicts an ideal society where people are friendly and supportive, families live and work in peace and contentment, and there is no war or chaos. It represents humanity's beautiful vision for the future society. From the perspective of the practice and inheritance of Confucianism, "benevolent people and love for things, and universal harmony" is an organic whole. "benevolent people and love for things" is a prerequisite and important path to achieve "universal harmony", while "universal harmony" is an inevitable result of "benevolent people and love for things". Both are concentrated reflections and true depictions of the Confucian philosophy of "self-cultivation, family harmony, governance, and world peace".
"Benevolent to the people, loving things, and achieving universal harmony" is a fine tradition of the Chinese nation. For thousands of years, ancient Chinese sages and righteous individuals have adhered to the principle of "loving others with benevolence", promoted the concept of "calculating benefits when calculating benefits", and pursued the global sentiment of "harmony for all nations". They have continuously enriched and developed this concept, internalizing it as a cultural gene for daily use without realizing it, and sublimating it into a unique spiritual symbol of the Chinese nation. Since the establishment of the People's Republic of China, our party has further expanded it into an important code of conduct for handling national relations. Based on the spiritual and moral roots of "benevolence and great harmony", China has sincerely cooperated and exchanged with countries around the world, strengthened cooperation with Asia, Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, and Latin America, promoted regional common development, strengthened China's connection with the world, and provided Chinese wisdom for maintaining world peace and promoting common development.
In the new era, China, holding high the banner of peace, development, cooperation and win-win results, has successively put forward global development initiatives, global security initiatives and global civilization initiatives, actively participated in the reform and construction of the global governance system, promoted the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road" and carried out extensive cooperation, and promoted the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind. All these have been increasingly recognized and supported by the international community.By absorbing the essence of Confucianism, the CPC people have outlined the appearance of their own "great harmony in the world". This is our negation of the jungle law of "the jungle law of the jungle law of the law of the jungle" in international relations, and also a leap forward of the logic of "Thucydides trap", pointing out the direction for harmonious coexistence between countries and regions, and world peace and development.
"Benevolent to the people, loving things, and achieving universal harmony" embodies the common values of all humanity, and is also an important guideline for cooperation and exchange between countries.Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and South Korea 25 years ago, the bilateral relationship has achieved a leapfrog development from partnership, strategic partnership to comprehensive strategic partnership, setting a brilliant example for building a new type of international relations. Today, standing at a new historical starting point, China will continue to uphold the values of benevolence, sharing, and great harmony, continuously promote the improvement and upgrading of China Africa cooperation, firmly support each other on core interests and major concerns, and build a comprehensive strategic partnership between China and South Africa and a community with a shared future between China and Africa. China will elevate its cooperation and exchanges with BRICS countries and African countries to a new level, and create a new situation of China Africa cooperation.
History and practice have proven that Chinese civilization has outstanding peacefulness. The cultural core and spiritual genes of Chinese Confucianism, which emphasizes benevolence towards the people, love for things, and universal harmony, can provide a profound and lasting internal driving force for a country and a nation to pursue peaceful development, and can also make greater contributions to maintaining world peace and promoting common development. "A single flower is not spring, and a hundred flowers bloom in spring." On the new historical journey, the CPC will continue to strengthen international exchanges and cooperation on the basis of respecting the diversity of world civilizations, carrying forward the common values of all mankind, and attaching importance to the inheritance and innovation of civilization. It will unite and lead the Chinese people to take the path of peaceful development and modernization, and work with people all over the world to draw a new picture of human society that "people love things and the world is the same".
Guangming Daily
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