-"Speech at UNESCO Headquarters" and other articles are quoted.
■ explanation
"Harmony without difference" is the basic attitude of China people in dealing with "relationship problems": harmony without difference. This old saying in Zuo Zhuan is also about this problem. Just like cooking soup, you need water, fire, salt, vinegar, soy sauce and so on. Do a good job of fish; Just like playing music, musical instruments, players, feelings, melodies and lyrics should all be there and complement each other. Now there are more than 200 countries and regions, more than 2,500 nationalities and many religions in the world. If there is only one way of life, one language, one music and one dress, who wants to live in such a monotonous place? Comrade * * * also quoted a sentence from the French writer Hugo: The ocean is the widest in the world, the sky is wider than the ocean, and the human mind is wider than the sky. He used this sentence to explain that in dealing with different civilizations, we need a broader mind than the sky, seek wisdom and nutrition from different civilizations, provide spiritual support and comfort for people, and work together to solve various challenges facing mankind.
■ Original code
Qi Hou went to Tian Zi, Yan Zi waited on the platform of Chu 'an, and his son was still arrogant. The duke said, "only my husband and I can rely on it!" " Yan Zi said to him, "If the evidence is the same, how can we reconcile it?" Gong said, "Harmony is unusual?" Right: "It's different. Harmony is like soup, fire and water acyl (xρ) sugar (hγ i) salt plum cooked fish, (chγ n) pay. ..... Today, according to another statement. The so-called can, according to also yue can; You say no, you also say no, water gives water, who can eat and listen to the piano? The same is true. "
-Spring and Autumn Period-Twenty years of Zuo Qiuming's Zuo Zhuan Zhao Gong.
■ explanation
The "evidence" mentioned above refers to the evidence of Liang Qiu, a doctor of the State of Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period. According to Liang Qiu, who is good at reading Qi Jinggong's mind, he never neglected the affairs arranged by Qi Jinggong and always worked hard, so he was deeply appreciated by Qi Jinggong. Yan Zi, a doctor in the State of Qi, regarded it as a "country rat" (country rat refers to a dangerous person who endangers the country and society). In the dialogue between Qi Jinggong and Yan Zi, Yan Zi criticized Liang Qiu for being the same but not the same: the monarch thought it was possible, and Liang Qiu also said it was possible; What the monarch thought was not allowed, Liang Qiu also said it was not allowed. Then, Yan Zi used two metaphors, "If water is used to save water, who can eat it?" ? Who can listen to the piano and harp? "It means that if water is used to taste water, who can drink it? If it's just a piano or a harp, who can listen? And concluded: "The same is true. "
On the surface, "harmony" and "similarity" are very similar, but they are quite different in essence. "The same" is absolutely consistent, without change or diversity, so it stands for monotony, dullness and silence. "Harmony", such as "Harmony Soup" (seasoning soup), must be combined with taste. The same is true of "the piano and the instrument are specialized in one" Kong said in "Rites and Music": "There is only one voice that can't make you happy." Only when the harp and the harp are in harmony can wonderful music be played, so the Book of Songs Luming Literature says, "Drum, harp and drum are harmonious and cheerful."