PeaceisrootedinthedepthsofChinese
TheChinesenationisapeace-lovingnation
andiswellawareofthepreciousnessofpeace.
Harmonyandstabilityhavebeenthewayoflife
oftheChinesenationforthousandsofyears,
peacefulcoexistencehasbeenthewayoflifeof
theChinesenationforthousandsofyears,and
harmonyandbenevolencehavebeenthe
culturalgenesofChinesecivilizationfor
thousandsofyears.Inthecourseoflong-term
development,Chinesecivilizationhasformeda
uniquecosmologyoftheunityofheavenand
man,aninternationalviewofharmonyamong
allnations,aharmoniousanddifferentsocial
outlook,amoraloutlookofharmonyinthe
humanheart,andapeacefulandjustwarview,
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andpeaceisrootedinthedepthsofChinese
civilization.
TheancientChinesebelievedthatheaven
andearthnurturedallthingsandgavebirthto
humanbeings,andthatheavenandearthwere
interconnected.Thecosmologyoftheunityof
heavenandmanemphasizesuniversal
connectionandholisticthinking,organically
linkingthewayofnaturewithhumanethics.All
thingsintheuniverseandhumansocietyare
bothverydifferentandaunifiedwhole,andthey
arebornandendless.Thiscosmologycontains
theculturalgenesofconformingtonature,
reveringnature,andreveringorder.Harmony,
stabilityandorderarewaysoflifethatwere
formedintheprehistoricperiodoftheChinese
ancestorsandhavebeencontinued.For
example,archaeologicalfindingsshowthat
8,000yearsago,housesweredistributedinrows
invillagesoftheXinglongwacultureintheXiliao
RiverValley,andmorethan6,000yearsago,the
doorsofJiangzhaiandothervillagesofthe
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Yangshaocultureinthemiddlereachesofthe
YellowRiverfacedthecentralsquare,allof
whichshowthatcollectiveinterestsare
advocatedwithinthesocietyandsocialorderis
inorder.Eightthousandyearsago,thetombsof
thePei-LigangcultureintheYellowRiverBasin
wereneatlyarranged,andtherewasalreadya
customof"familyburial",extendingthereal
socialordertotheworldbehindthem.Whether
itistheorderlyarrangementofsettlementsand
tombs,orthesymmetryofthecentralaxisof
Tuyi,thecompletecompositionofritualvessels,
etc.,itreflectstheunremittingpursuitoforder
andstabilityinChinese