A Study On The Doctrine Of The Mean Methodology

In general, the report which Mr. Hu Jintao made at the Seventeenth Party Congress is a declaration of futher implement the scientific development concept. The key to learn the spirit of the Seventeenth Party Congress, to build a harmonious socialist society and to carry out the scientific development concept is how to insist on the issue of the scientific development concept. This paper holds the opinion that as a methodology,"guoyoubuji","zhiliangyongzhong","shizhong""zhongshu","shendu","cheng"have powerful significance of theoretical guidance to persisting in implementing the scientific development concept and build a socialist harmonious society. By introducing the methodology of the Doctrine of the Mean, I hope to make a little contribution to the dissemination of traditional culture and the development of the society, so as to give more knowledge of traditional culture to people. As a result, when they are persisting in the sientific development concept and building a harmonious socialist society, they will use the methodology of the Doctrine of the Mean as the code of conduct.About the meaning of the Doctrine of the Mean and the conception of methodology. First of all, it explains the meaning of zhong and yong individually, then combines them together as a word to explain the meaning of the word. Zhong is evoluted and extended from the idea of center worship of antient China. In the antient time, it was about the azimuth of archery, and it was evoluted into a word about value gradually, so it has the meaning of correct, fair, appropriate,and proper today. Yong means yong and chang. The two basic points"guoyoubuji","zhonghe"mean to do things correctly and properly, and to behave in certain range so as to maintain a balanced order.Methodology is the theory of the methods to understand and reform the word. Methodology consists general methodology and specific working methods. Marxism methodology is an entirety built up by different understanding methods and practical methods. The methodology of the Doctrine of the Mean is an ideological method, or a congnitive method, and it belongs to the scope of the general methodology. So the Doctrine of the Mean is a methodology.The contents of the methodology of the Doctrine of the Mean includes the appropriate principle, which means"zhongjie","zhongyong","zhongli","zhongxing","zhongzheng", the specific practical methods of"zhiliangyongzhong";"shizhong";"zhongshu";"shendu";"cheng". The appropriate principle makes all the value of the Doctrine of the Mean focus on persuiting the sustainment, steady and coordination of systematic function and the process of development perseverely."zhiliangyongzhong"demands people to explore the rules and development tendency of different kinds of contradiction actively based on their deep investigation, research and the practical situation of the time and the place and to determine the middle points of things scientificly, so as to be just right, that is not to do too more or too less. This reflects the appropriate principle through specific practice. And"shizhong"requires people to stick to the appropriate principle at all the time and in all places."zhongshu"is the specific practice in the process of carrying out the appropriate principle, it means to be strict and loyal to oneself but forgiving to others."shendu"requests people to insist on the Doctrine of the Mean even if when they are alone, they can't have bad thoughts or do ill-behaved things."Cheng"is the core conception of the system of the Doctrine of the Mean, the key to form the whole system, and all the methodologies mentioned above can be realized onley on the base of"cheng".How can we understand the Doctrine of the Mean when it is a methodology? The Doctrine of the Mean has its positive meaning, but inevitablly, there is limitation exists. The Doctrine of the Mean is not compromism, reconcilism or conservatism. We should recognize its defects, to promote its enthusiasm, to In addition to its negative disposable,to inject modern factors to it, to dig the parts that can make contributions to Chinese development in it, so as to drive the development of China's socialist.The Doctrine of the Mean has very much modern value when it is a methodology. There is coherence of the Doctrine of the Mean, the scientific development concept and the harmonious socialist society firstly. It Has important significance to insisting the scientifc development concept and building the harmonious socialist society. The main enlightenment of the Doctrine of the Mean when it is a methodology is to inspire people to treat"zhong"as the principle and"he"as the goal when handling various relationships. with the Doctrine of the Mean methodology, On the one hand, to promote the three civilizations development comprehensivly and Coordinatly; to promoe the three regional development coordinatly and a balancedly; to promote the three processes development coordinatly and suitablely; to promote the three types of interests distribute coordinatly and properly;on the other hand, in order to achieve interpersonal harmony, man-society harmony and man-nature harmony.According to two arguments put forward by a Marxist point of view into two, we should recognize that the Doctrine of the Mean when it is a methodology has its positive side, also has its negative side. We should correctly understand the Doctrine of the Mean methodology. In addition we should abandon its negative and play it on the basis of their enthusiasm, we insist on making it to become implement the scientific development concept and building the harmonious socialist society way of thinking and code of conduct.The mothodology of the Doctrine of the Mean has very important methodological significance to today's scientific development concept and harmonious socialist society. Conclusively, as a methodology, the positive sense of the Doctrine of the Mean to modern China is that it can make us better realize the harmony of ourselves both physically and mentally, to development more scientificly, to achieve interpersonal harmony, man-society harmony and man-nature harmony. In a word, if we want to invigorate the Chinese nation, we can not abandon the Doctrine of the Mean.