The Multi-Dimensional Examination of Chinese Civilization's Prominent Peacefulness:Based on the Perspective of the Comparison between Chinese and Western Civilizations
Western civilization advocates self-centeredness and individualism,and strengthens the concept of"either-or"social conflict.It follows the"universal theory of war"of social Darwini-sm,and defines the natural state of human beings as the state of war;the theory of"clash of civili-zations"based on the thinking of binary opposition has brought serious disasters to human develop-ment and civilization progress.Different from the Western"conflict-type civilization"and"con-quest-type civilization",which reflect obvious exclusive and aggressive characteristics,Chinese civi-lization has outstanding peace.From the social relationship criterion of"living in harmony with one-self and social harmony",to the concept of war and peace of"stopping the war and peaceful coexis-tence",and to the community of human destiny of"the road is not alone and the world is in mind",the traditional civilization and modern civilization of the Chinese nation have formed the order frame-work and civilization system of"home-country-world",which highlights the same strain of peace and is enduring.
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