(Essential question) Short comment: Why does the Nishan Forum focus on civilized dialogue and global cooperation?
China News Service, Qufu, Shandong, September 27th. Title: Why does the Nishan Forum focus on civilized dialogue and global cooperation?
China News Agency reporter An Yingzhao
The 7th Nishan World Civilization Forum opened in Qufu, Shandong Province on the 27th.
Nearly 200 experts and scholars from many countries and regions gathered together in the hometown of Confucius through a combination of offline and online, and discussed the topic of "dialogue of civilizations and global cooperation".
At the moment when the epidemic situation of the century is superimposed over a hundred years, why does the Nishan Forum focus on this?
On September 27, the Nishan World Civilization Forum was held in Qufu. Chinese and foreign experts started a dialogue to explore the mission of the Nishan World Civilization Forum.
Photo by Liang Ben
The first is to explain to the world the inclusiveness, openness, and righteousness of Chinese civilization.
The Nishan World Civilization Forum, founded in 2010, is named after the birthplace of Confucius, which has profound meaning in itself.
Confucianism, represented by Confucius, is not only an important part of Chinese traditional culture, but also has a profound impact on Chinese civilization.
Confucius's concept of harmony but difference and self-reliance has become the internal driving force for the peaceful coexistence and harmonious coexistence of Chinese civilization and foreign civilizations for more than two thousand years.
From the spread of ancient Buddhism to the east and the "East-Confucianism", to the modern "Western learning" and "Western learning", to the combination of modern and contemporary Marxism and Chinese excellent traditional culture, the Chinese civilization has always been eclectic and innovating and cultivating. Keep going.
When the Ji clan ruled Zhuanzhuan, Confucius warned his disciples that "if people from afar do not accept it, they will revise their culture and morality."
This kind of thought of cultural people and harmony as the most important factor determines from the genetics of civilization that China has never had the exclusivity of monotheism, has never had a religious war, and has never been closed from the perspective of western centrism.
The second is to provide the world with opportunities for equal dialogue, exchanges and mutual learning among different civilizations.
It is stated in the Book of Changes: "The world goes to the same destination but different paths, consistent and a hundred worries." Since the debate among the pre-Qin scholars, different thoughts and civilizations have peacefully "encountered" and dialogue on an equal footing on the land of China.
What is particularly rare is that, in the face of Western civilization, Chinese civilization has always admired dialogue and exchanges.
From the Chinese translation of Kumarajiva and Sengzhao Buddhist scriptures in the Wei and Jin dynasties, to the missionary missions of Matteo Ricci and Tang Ruowang in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and to today inviting people of insight from various countries to Nishan. Civilization provides a platform for exchanges and mutual learning.
At present, the epidemic is still raging around the world, and human society has been profoundly changed. Coupled with problems such as the ecological crisis and the polarization between the rich and the poor, the resilience of different civilizations is also facing severe challenges.
This forum focused on global cooperation in the dialogue of civilizations, and set up a sub-forum on "Cultural Power in Global Anti-epidemic Fighting" and the first Nishan World Forum on Traditional Chinese Medicine, highlighting the practical care and significance of the times in the dialogue of civilizations.
On September 27, the Nishan World Civilization Forum was held in Qufu. The picture shows the "high-end interview" activities of the forum.
Photo by Liang Ben
The third is to promote the common value of all mankind and oppose hegemony to the world.
For more than two thousand years, Confucianism has been more radiant than China and spread throughout the world, and has had a profound impact on human civilization.
At the end of the 18th century, France wrote "Do not do to others what you do not want to do" into the Declaration of Human Rights; in the middle of the 20th century, the traditional Confucian concept of "conscience" was written into the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and was approved by the Union. Today, China advocates The concept of "building a community with a shared future for mankind" has been written into international resolutions many times.
At present, the world is standing at the crossroads of history.
When individual countries use isolation and containment as a means of hegemony based on the "superiority of civilization", the importance and urgency of exchanges and dialogue become more prominent.
While a few Western countries intend to regain their "Cold War mentality," China advocates promoting the common values of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy, and freedom for all mankind, and abandoning small circles and zero-sum games are also extremely valuable.
A peacefully developing world should carry different forms of civilization.
There are differences between different civilizations, and instead of deepening their antagonisms, they can become the basis for the pluralism of civilizations and the combination and complementarity.
The debut of the Nishan Forum at this time will provide an important window for the world to learn more about Chinese civilization. It will also send the world the voice of the times of advocating exchanges and mutual learning of diverse civilizations, and jointly coping with global challenges.
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