To study the writing of civilization and the mutual learning between civilizations,the first questions to be asked are several W questions:Who writes?Why to write?How to write?"Who"shapes the subject of writing;"Why"reveals the purpose of writing;"How"indicates the methods of writing.Different answers to these W(who/why/how)questions create specific writing paradigms.In this sense,the Zi-xue concept of Mozi,"Compatibility change the differences"(兼以易别)provides its own paradigm of civilized writing."Compatibility change the differences"comes from the"Universal Love"in Mozi.The three key words"compatibility"(兼),"change"(易),and"difference"(别)contain answers to several W questions related to civilization writing.Compatibility means"transfixion,""harmony,"and"tao";difference means"body,""part,"and"side";change means"unchanged,""simplify"and"changeable".If"compatibility"followed by"difference"is the generation and evolution of the Zi-xue with the way of tao breaking into techniques,then the return from"difference"to"compatibility"is the ontological pursuit and value reconstruction of the Zi-xue paradigm of civilization writing."Compatibility changes the differences"completes the overall construction of the Zi-xue paradigm of civilization writing in the three senses of"change":"compatibility doesn't change the difference"shapes the pluralism and diversity of the Zi-xue paradigm of civilization writing with the subject of"prefer to be me";"compatibility simplifies or unifies the difference"is the Confucian classics'regulation of and influence on the techniques of Zi-xue;"compatibility changes the difference"means that the Zi-xue paradigm of civilization writing can keep growing only through inheritance and innovation.As Zhuangzi said,"Heaven and earth are the same type of references."In the historical genealogy of civilization writing,"compatibility"refers to Confucian classics,"difference"refers to Zi-xue,"change"refers to historiography,and"compatibility changes the differences"refers to the Zi-xue paradigm of civilization writing.The contemporary significance"compatibility changes the differences"in the study of civilization writing and mutual learning lies in how to handle the relationship between"change"and"difference,"how to handle the unity of the"supreme concept"and the diversity of"specific methods,"how to deal with the relationship between"the only supreme concept connecting"and"the three living things,"and how to deal with the relationship between"casting the soul"and"shaping the form"of civilization writing.The metaphysical concept of"compatibility"(or tong通,he和,dao道)shapes the soul of civilization writing,while the underlying"difference"(or ti体,fen分,shu(术))shapes civilization writing.The different theoretical forms of"change"(yi易:change/unchange/simplify)in different historical periods endow the paradigm of civilization writing with endless vitality.
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