2011考研英语作文预测(二)_大学英语写作

2011考研英语作文预测(二)

2) Although it is argued to be too much pushing one's own way to others, the positive form of the requirement is found in many classics:

"Do to others what you wish others do to you" (欲人施诸己，亦施于人).

"A benevolent man helps others to take their stand in that he himself wishes to take his stand, and gets others there in that he himself wishes to get there" (己欲立而立人，己欲达而达人).

2. EVERY HUMAN BEING SHOULD BE TREATED HUMANLY.

"To do humanly is to be human" (仁者人也)

"'Benevolence' means loving your fellow men" (仁者爱人)

Chinese tradition even advocates both the respect for human life and even the respect for all kinds of life, which seems to be very close to the idea of "Green Peace" and ecological criticism. These thoughts do not only seek for human peace but also for the harmony between human and nature and other creatures. And therefore, "the virtue of respecting for life" (生生之德) and "friend others and affiliate with all creatures"(民胞物与) is always taken as the great virtue in Confucian teachings and philosophy.

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There are many other traditional Chinese ideas related:

1. In regard with the human relationship, "Harmony in diversity" or "harmony with diversity" (和而不同) is typically emphasized in Confucianism. Compared with "Baha'i", a new religious community who takes "Unity with diversity" as the main doctrine, the Confucian spirit of the harmonious co-existence of different cultures might be more relevant for the foundation of human existence and development.