Zhongyong¶
Confucius. (1885/2001). Zhongyong.
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Primes¶
- Balance
- The foundational philosophical tradition — Aristotle's doctrine of the mean (mesotes) in Nicomachean Ethics — grounds balance as a cardinal virtue, positioning courage as the balance between cowardice and rashness, generosity between miserliness and prodigality, and temperance between excess and deficiency.
This sourceArticulates zhong (centrality/equilibrium) and he (harmony) as proportional balancing that avoids extremism. Cited inline in Core Idea ('Confucian Zhongyong … articulates harmony through proportional balancing') and tension T3.
- The foundational philosophical tradition — Aristotle's doctrine of the mean (mesotes) in Nicomachean Ethics — grounds balance as a cardinal virtue, positioning courage as the balance between cowardice and rashness, generosity between miserliness and prodigality, and temperance between excess and deficiency.
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