中西方早期和谐观之异同

The Similarities and Differences between the Early Concepts of "Harmony" in China and the West

中西方早期"和谐"观的相同点是,二者都源于对数量关系的最初思考,都包含着"杂多统一"和"对立统一"两种基本的形态,且具有由前者向后者发展的轨迹;中西方早期"和谐"观之异在于:西方早期"和谐"观是充分展开了"对立"环节的"和谐",最终导致了既对立又统一的矛盾辩证法和以"理念"为中心的本体论;中国早期"和谐"观的"对立"环节未经充分展开,因而缺少真正完备的辩证法和本体论,最终导向了以追求平和、中和,即平衡的实用美学。中西方早期"和谐"观的差异,也反映了中西方民族心理、民族性格和思维方式等方面的不同特点。但中西方文化的上述特点,并不代表它们在价值上有高下之分,二者应相互借鉴,取长补短,以期会通。

The similarities between the early concepts of 'harmony' in China and the west lie in that the two concepts both are originated from the initial thinking about the relations of numbers,both include the basic patterns of the 'mixed-unity' and 'the unity of the oppisites' and have the trend to develop from the former to the latter.The differences between them lie in that the early concept of 'harmony' in the west fully develops the 'harmony' in the linds with the 'opposites' and finally leads to the contradictory dialectics that is both unified and opposite and the ontology centered on conceptions,and that the early concept of 'harmony' in China does not fully develop the lind with the 'opposites' and lacks the sense of real complete dialectics and ontology and finally leads to the practical aesthetics that pursues peace,neutralization and balance.The differences between the early concepts of 'harmony' in China and the west reflect the different features in national psychology,national character and the ways of thinking between China and the west.However,the differences between the features of the Chinese culture and the western culture do not mean that one culture is better than another.The two cultures should take references from each other,be mutual complimentary for the fusion in the future.