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When the great way is followed, all under heaven will be equal

2025-01-17   

In his New Year's message for 2025, President Xi Jinping stated that China is willing to work with all countries to practitioners of friendly cooperation, promoters of mutual learning among civilizations, and participants in building a community with a shared future for mankind, and to create a bright future for the together. The building of a community with a shared future for mankind is a major original idea put forward by President Xi Jinping, and it is the "Chinese answer" the question of "what kind of world to build and how to build it", which has important theoretical value, significant contemporary significance and far-reaching world influence. The recently book "Xi Jinping's Cultural Thought Learning Outline", in the part discussing "Building a Garden of Civilizations where Beauty is Appreciated", quotes the ancient saying "When great way is followed, the world is held in common", further elucidating China's consistent adherence to and promotion of the common values of all mankind and its value orientation goal pursuit in promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. 

"The Great Way is followed, and the world is held in common," a phrase from the ancient Chinese text "Liji · Li," is an important expression of Confucian thought regarding an ideal society. The original text reads: "When the Great Way is followed, the world is held in, and the virtuous and capable are selected to hold office. Good faith and harmony are cultivated. Therefore, people do not only respect their own relatives, nor only their own children. They ensure that the elderly have a proper end, the strong have a proper use, the young have a proper growth, and the widows,phans, lonely, and disabled all have proper care. Men have their duties, and women have their homes. People abhor the waste of goods on the ground, do not necessarily keep them for themselves; they abhor the lack of exertion of their own strength, and do not necessarily use it for themselves. Therefore, schemes not hatched, theft and disorder do not occur, and therefore the outer doors are not closed. This is called the Great Unity."
"The world is held in common is the foundation of the Great Way and an important principle for building an ideal society. This concept has had a profound influence on Chinese history and has been advocated by Confian scholars of all dynasties, becoming an important part of traditional Chinese political culture. The idea of "The Great Way is followed, and the world is held common" was already widespread in the Pre-Qin period. The texts "Shangshu," "Zuo Zhuan," and "Lüshi Chunq" record many similar expressions of "the world is held in common," such as "To be kind to neighbors is the treasure of the state," "To know the good and to do it without fail," and "To govern the world, one must first be fair, and when one is fair, the world will be peaceful." the core concept of Chinese excellent traditional culture, "The Great Way is followed, and the world is held in common" contains the simple ideal of pursuing social fairness and.

The concept of "the great way is followed, and the world is held in common" has been inherited and developed byucian scholars of past dynasties, and gradually became one of the mainstream social concepts after the Qin and Han dynasties. It is not only the noble realm of personal moral cultivation and an important principle of social morality, but also the social ideal and guiding ideology of governing the country and managing the state, which is specifically in various aspects such as political system, social governance, and cultural concepts, such as selecting talents and appointing capable people, distinguishing between public and private, advocating public, and considering the world as one family. For thousands of years, the ideal of "the world is held in common" has been passed down from generation to generation leaving a splendid text coordinate: "When in adversity, cultivate oneself; when in prosperity, benefit the world", "Worry before the world worries, and be happy the world is happy", "Establish the heart of heaven and earth, and establish the destiny of the people", "The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility every man"... In the alternation of time and the replacement of times, this idea has accumulated a rich connotation and extension. Although the expression is different in different, the core of longing for "the world is held in common" and striving for it has never changed. Today, as a value concept with universal significance, " world is held in common" has become a cultural gene in the depths of the Chinese people's spirit and a unique spiritual symbol of the Chinese nation.
With the development progress of society and the continuous advancement of various undertakings, the concept of "the world is held in common" has been given new interpretations and practices in modern, and has been endowed with new contemporary connotations. "The great way is followed, and the world is held in common" contains the common values of all mankind is one of the important contents of building a community with a shared future for mankind. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, President Jinping has mentioned "the world is held in common" many times in important speeches, profoundly expounding the important position of this concept in Chinese culture and pointing out its role in the process of building a community with a shared future for mankind.
In line with the idea of "the great way is followed, and the world is held in common," the concept of building community with a shared future for mankind emphasizes universal harmony and shared destiny, reflecting the unremitting pursuit of building a fair and just world. In today's era of globalization, it should be an era of unimpeded progress. Faced with global challenges such as climate change, resource scarcity, wealth gap, and digital divide, country can remain aloof. Only by joining hands and working together can we achieve sustainable development and ensure that the fruits of development benefit all mankind. Promoting the building a community with a shared future for mankind is one of the essential requirements of Chinese-style modernization, which has been written into the resolutions of the United Nations General and multilateral documents on many occasions. The concept of "the great way is followed, and the world is held in common" has become a value goal pursued by mankind.
Under the vision of the "two major trends," "the world is held in common" is manifested in providing new opportunities for the world through Chinese-style modern and promoting the modernization of all countries. At present, China has successfully embarked on a path of Chinese-style modernization that suits its national conditions. China welcomes other to hitch a ride on China's development and is willing to work with the international community to promote peace and development, mutually beneficial cooperation, and common prosperity in the world modernization, and to make new contributions to building a world of lasting peace, universal security, common prosperity, openness and inclusiveness, and a clean and beautiful world On the new historical journey, China will be guided by the concept of "the world is held in common" and will unswervingly promote the building of a with a shared future for mankind, and work with people of all countries to create a bright future.

Edit:Luo yu Responsible editor:Jia jia

Source:GMW.cn

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