Three Forms of Practical Wisdom and the Superiority of Chinese Practical Wisdom
The essence of practical wisdom is encapsulated in the approach to managing the relationship between val-ue ideals and actual actions.Depending on whether the value ideal is perceived as transcendental or as existing in the real world,and its relationship with real life,practical wisdom can be classified into three fundamental forms:the Greek dualistic correlation of transcendence and empirical spatiality,the Christian dualistic correla-tion of transcendence and empirical temporality,and the Chinese Confucian differentiated united correlation between value ideals in the real world and real life.The first two forms,grounded in the dualistic correlation of transcendence and empiricism,tend to gravitate toward extremes and struggle to attain the Golden Mean that practical wisdom strives for.Conversely,the Chinese Confucian correlation that exists within the real world is more likely to achieve the Golden Mean,thereby demonstrating greater superiority for realistic practice.