On the Basic Characteristics of China’s Wisdom

　　General Secretary of the Supreme Leader mentioned "China Wisdom" three times in the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. It is not only affirmed that the excellent traditional Chinese ideological system contains rich historical wisdom, intellectual wisdom and wisdom of governing the country, but also attached great importance to the contemporary significance of China’s wisdom, and emphasized that the realization of the Chinese dream "needs to make full use of the great wisdom accumulated by the Chinese nation for more than 5,000 years" and that it is necessary to "embody China’s wisdom" and "contribute China’s wisdom" in promoting global and human development. What is China Wisdom? China’s wisdom is a series of ideas and strategic strategies formed by the Chinese nation through its profound understanding and effective application of the natural way of heaven and earth, the way of historical chaos control and the way of political reason for thousands of years, which embodies the lofty survival ideal, wise survival strategy and superb survival strategy of the Chinese nation. China’s wisdom has provided the golden key to the survival and development of China and mankind, and today’s China and the world still need China’s wisdom. China’s wisdom is a profound system with five basic characteristics.

　　China’s wisdom is a kind of living wisdom, which embodies the excellent civilization of Chinese civilization. China’s wisdom is a kind of survival and development wisdom. However, it is not an individual’s survival skill and development strategy, but emphasizes the integration of heaven, earth, man and everything. "Yi" says that "the greatness of heaven and earth means life" and "life means easy", and heaven and earth have the nature of "great life" and "wide production". The most fundamental virtue or essence of heaven and earth lies in nurturing all things. What is the mission and responsibility of that person? The fundamental goal that human beings should pursue and exercise is to "cultivate heaven and earth", that is, to promote the prosperity and development of all things and mankind. The living, vertically, is the sustainable "big life" from generation to generation; Horizontal is the sharing of all life. Here, the survival wisdom highlighted by "living" not only attaches importance to realistic development, but also emphasizes integrated development, which embodies the feelings of Chinese culture and the Chinese nation, such as caring for people and things, cultivating people, caring for people and things, and caring for morality. The great strategy of building a community of human destiny, which General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized many times in the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, is full of this life wisdom. His foreign policy of "developing together is the real development, and sustainable development is the good development" and "being good neighbors and partners, being good neighbors, being safe and rich neighbors, and highlighting the concept of pro-,sincerity, benefit and tolerance" reflects this wisdom. Obviously, when the core of civilization lies in transcending the savage survival law of the jungle, China’s wisdom of "living" pursues the integrated prosperity and development of the community of human destiny, which obviously embodies the true characteristics of human civilization.

　　China’s wisdom is a kind of neutralization wisdom, which embodies the scientific truth of Chinese civilization. "The Doctrine of the Mean" says: "China is also the foundation of the world, and harmony is also the way of the world. To neutrality, the status of heaven, and everything. " The reason why China’s wisdom is wisdom is that it conforms to the fundamental law of the development of the universe, and correctly embodies the "big foundation" and "reaching the Tao" of the universe. In the middle, it is impartial and without fault, that is, things have the best structure and the best quantitative proportional relationship; Harmony, harmony without difference, harmony with reality, that is, diverse things are in the best balanced and synergistic relationship. Obviously, everything can have the best structure and the best quantity proportion relationship, and be in the best diversity, unity and synergy relationship, which will inevitably achieve the best survival and development. Because of this, the way of neutralization has become an important principle to guide people’s practical activities. People follow the way of neutralization and make their behavior just right. This is regarded by Confucius as the highest survival wisdom, that is, "supreme virtue." Neutralization wisdom endows the Chinese nation with the values of pursuing harmony, peace, harmony and harmony, and a thinking mode that is good at overall situation, systematicness, balance and coordination. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized that "the essence of our Chinese traditional culture lies in this great harmonious thought". The new development concept put forward by the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader and the international advocacy of peaceful development, win-win cooperation, joint construction and win-win sharing are exactly the inheritance and promotion of this highest neutralization wisdom in China.
　　China’s wisdom is a kind of governance wisdom, which embodies the world value of Chinese civilization. China’s wisdom is valued by the world today because it can provide important enlightenment for global governance, and because China’s wisdom is fundamentally a kind of governance wisdom of "ruling the country and leveling the world". The way of sage in ancient China is essentially the way of governance or the way to governance. Yao Shunyu taught and received the way to govern the world, and hundred schools of thought in the pre-Qin period also discussed it with "governance" as the core theme. For example, Sima Qian said, "Fu Yin Yang Jia, Confucianism, Mohism, famous artists, Legalists and Taoists are also responsible for governing." "Doing business for the rule" reveals the essential mission of China’s wisdom to rule the world. Therefore, China’s ancient sage wisdom and hundred schools of thought’s wisdom are both embodied as a kind of governance wisdom. For example, the above-mentioned way of neutralization is the key to governance, and "ruling the world with neutralization" has become the fundamental way to govern the country and the highest governance wisdom. The other schools have their own unique basic governance thoughts, such as Taoism’s thought of ruling by doing nothing, Confucianism’s thought of ruling by virtue of three cardinal guides and five permanents, Mohism’s thought of loving and not attacking, Shang Tong and Shang Xian’s thought of legalism’s thought of enriching Qiang Bing and ruling by law, Yin and Yang’s thought of "five virtues shifting, governing by each suit", and so on, including the combination of etiquette and law, virtue dominating punishment and Wang Ba’s use in real governance. today，These rich governance wisdom can provide valuable ideological resources for contemporary the Communist Party of China (CPC) people to govern the country and participate in global governance. When presiding over the 18th collective study in the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized "the need to actively summarize the exploration and wisdom of governing the country in ancient China", and specifically listed and analyzed a series of wisdom of governing the country in ancient China, affirming that these wisdom has "important enlightenment" and "useful reference".
　　China’s wisdom is a kind of people-oriented wisdom, which embodies the progressive nature of Chinese civilization. China’s wisdom is born and governed by the people all over the world. As Wang Yangming said, "With the heart of loving the people, there is a policy of loving the people". People-oriented has become the basic ruling idea and governance wisdom of rulers in past dynasties. All governance revolves around people’s hearts, public opinion and people’s livelihood. "Taking the people’s heart as the heart", "benefiting the people of the world" and "serving the people" are the starting points of governance, but how and why "taking the people’s heart as the heart"? First of all, conforming to the people’s heart is the primary foundation of governance, and it is a basic ruling law that those who win the people’s heart win the world and those who lose it lose the world.

As Mencius said, "People who are happy with the people are also happy, and those who are worried about the people are also worried about their worries. They are happy with the world and worry about the world, but they are not kings, and they have nothing." Secondly, respecting public opinion is the basic way to govern. China’s ancient governance wisdom attached great importance to the basis of public opinion, emphasizing that "only what the people want is obedient, but what the people want is obedient". In order to comply with public opinion, we should pay attention to understanding the actual feelings of the people from many aspects, including field research and visits, as well as setting up "list trees" and "township schools" to collect and listen to people’s opinions and suggestions, all around solving the practical problems of the people. Finally, improving people’s livelihood is the final destination of governance. The important embodiment of China’s ancient governance wisdom is that governance aims at improving people’s lives and solving people’s livelihood. The Book of Changes records many saints such as Fuxi, Emperor, Yao Shunyu, etc. The purpose of governing the world wholeheartedly is to improve people’s livelihood: "to make the country prosperous, to make the people peaceful", "to make the country harmonious" and "to make the country rich and to raise the people". The frequent occurrence of the words "benefiting the people", "loving the people", "benefiting the people" and "nurturing the people" in the classic history books of past dynasties all indicate that the ancient governance of China is essentially a kind of people-oriented wisdom. It can be said that the people-centered development thought is to carry forward and sublimate the people-oriented wisdom of the Chinese nation.

　　China’s wisdom is a new wisdom, which embodies the pragmatism and innovation of Chinese civilization. The Chinese nation has survived for thousands of years, and the Chinese civilization has continued for thousands of years. Its unique and tenacious vitality and development force stems from the unique and ever-changing wisdom of China in Chinese culture. Chinese culture emphasizes self-improvement and innovation, and the Chinese nation has indomitable enterprising spirit and indomitable spirit of struggle. The wisdom of survival is fully reflected in "Being innovative, being innovative, and being innovative again" as stated in "University" and "A gentleman strives for self-improvement" as advocated in "Yi". Chinese culture emphasizes seeking truth from facts and seeking truth from facts. For example, Zhang Jiucheng, a thinker in the Song Dynasty, advocated "being pragmatic and useful". For example, Huang Zongxi advocated "teaching people to pay attention to things, step by step, and what they say will be feasible enough to get things done." It has become an excellent character of the Chinese nation not to talk empty talk and apply what is learned. And emphasizing pragmatism and practicality will inevitably attach importance to flexibility and innovation. Because the objective world is constantly changing and everything is constantly developing, people’s behavior must also change and develop accordingly, and this concept constitutes the Chinese spirit and China wisdom represented by Yi. According to Yi, the essence of everything in the world lies in "no change, no circulation, and six vacuities", so people’s correct attitude towards life is "adapting to change", "adapting to change" and "walking with the times". Obviously, it is essentially a kind of survival wisdom of active adaptation and creative adaptation, and this kind of China wisdom endows the Chinese nation with eternal vitality. Today, this ever-changing China wisdom,It is becoming the soul of Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s modernization, and the wisdom of "Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era" put forward by the Supreme Leader General Secretary in the report of the 19th National Congress, as well as a series of strategic arrangements and basic strategies are all shining.

　　These are the basic characteristics of China’s wisdom, and they can also be regarded as the most fundamental and core wisdom of China. These China’s wisdom will surely play a great role in realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and building a community of human destiny. We must make good use of China’s wisdom.

　　(The author is a professor at the Party School of Zhejiang Provincial Committee)