Three Heaven-and-Human Oneness and Chinese Concept of Harmony
2 min readIn Chinese culture，“Heaven-and-Human Oneness”is one of the few extremely important core concepts，reflecting Chinese world outlook，life view and their fundamental values.
Starting from this basic idea of”Heavenand-Human Oneness”，Chinese have designed their cultural pursuit:harmony，or to be more specific，harmony between man and heaven，families and the state，and tributaries and the suzerain.In a word，Chinese believe that all relationships should be harmonious，including relationships among myriad things in the universe，between the inferior and the superior，and between the suzerain and tributaries.
Chinese people are really the true pacifists in the world，yearning for the peaceful coexistence with all countries；in pursuing their goal of harmony，they have chosen to adopt the policy of“endurance” and tolerance.A panoramic view of Chinese history can offer us countless classic examples of“endurances”，such as“peace marriage”，even the building of the Great Wall，a miracle in the history of human architecture，symbolized Chinese mentality of“endurance”，craving for the everlasting domestic peace within the territory，eternal harmonious relations with neighbouring countries along the frontiers，and no more wars imposed upon one another in the world.Of course，the pursuit of harmony is an extremely important aspect of Chinese culture，rather than the whole picture of the Chinese culture.Whenever the whole Chinese nations are threatened with the national subjugation and genocide，and pushed beyond the limit of their endurance，they have the national strength of character to fight to the last drop of their blood.But the pursuit ofharmony in all relationships has been the mainstream running through Chinese culture since the ancient times.
