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Harmony will give China a place on the world stage to express its
ancient heritage and the moral high ground to challenge the U.S.
leadership in international relations. For over fifty years America
interfered in China's domestic affairs in the name of democracy. Now
harmony contains democracy ideals also as conflict resolution
government and its citizens. The table will be turned between the West
and China during the 21st century. Since the Opium War, over 150
years ago, China finally is able to raise its head and stand up against
the West. By doing so, China will have the unity and vitality to
continue its sustainable reform and opening up to a new era.
When country specific harmony societies grow in their own fertile soil
with distinctive cultural characteristics, World Harmony will surely
spread. Each society will have its own appropriate harmony theory and
practices reflecting the wide differences in states of development,
needs and culture. For harmony to take root, basic needs must be
met, and the society must be equitable, social order must work
smoothly, cultural values must have sustaining power, and the mobility
of different stratum in society should be assured. Indices such as
Happiness, Harmony, Environment, Rural and Urban must be
customized according to each country's will and development.
This general theme of YING over YANG runs through DAO DE JING. To
name a few images from DAO DE JING; soft overcomes the hard like
dripping water eventually bores a hole in the hardest rock, water flows
over and immerses that blocks it. Water representing Ying can both
float and sink a boat. Harmony represents soft power to resolve
conflicts as opposed to warfare which represents hard power. In
today's conflicting world one model of democracy cannot be forced on
other nations of different cultures and at different developing stages.
Democracy works best by softly and patiently winning over the hearts
and minds of people. Countering extremism by extremism is bound to
lead to ultimate destruction of both sides. The best way to resolve
conflicts is to bring harmony to the confronting parties. This can start
by understanding the differences in cultural understandings and causes
of conflicts through mutual respect, trust, tolerance and acceptance.
Confucius said "JUN ZI HE ER BU TONG, XIAO REN TONG ER BU HE"
which means that gentlemen place harmony above ideological
differences, and petty people fight for ideology differences. "HAI NAI
BEI CHUAN, YU YONG NAI DA"( The sea takes in hundreds of rivers, it
can be big only if it contains). World harmony will surely come.
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