He: harmony; Tong: agree with each other. Get along harmoniously, but don't go along easily.

Confucius, the founder of Confucianism, has a famous saying: "Gentlemen are harmonious but not uniform; villains are harmonious but not harmonious." This means that the correct way to behave in the world is to refuse to agree and to reach an agreement through mutual debate and justification. ***knowledge. In ancient China, "harmony without difference" was also an important principle in dealing with the relationship between different academic schools of thought and different cultures. It was the driving force, approach and basic law for the development of academic culture.

Example: He is human but rude, and this one is harmonious but different.

—— "History of the Old Five Dynasties: Hereditary Biography"