和谐世界的创建

和谐世界的创建

首先，在全世界范围内，由西方“和平”范式向“和谐”范式的转化是创建和谐世界至关重要的第一步。想达到和谐世界这样一个高的标准，首先就要保证更多的世界和平——这是和谐最起码的条件。

第二，以儒、道、佛以及其他文化背景下的和谐管理、自我修养、人际交流以及调解等中国（或亚洲）模式，可以在世界上不同文明、不同国家以及不同民族中得到积极的推广利用，以追求公平和正义。

第三，无论是处理内部问题，还是解决跨文化背景下的争端时，不同文明、不同国家、不同机构和不同个体间应该逐渐接受把“和”作为追求的终极本身。

最后，和谐应该成为新的宗教术语。自我的观念应该局限在和谐的范围之内，而且将重新定义为在和谐概念之下的第二概念（secondorder concept），为和谐这一目的而服务。传统的自我中心的论调，诸如正义、人权、民主，都要在以相对于和谐的新的自我观念下得到重新定义。被定义的这些概念会成为自我概念之下的第三概念（thirdorder concepts），为自我的需要服务，最终贡献于“和谐”这一最高概念。

通过全球范围内的持续努力，我相信人类有希望目睹和谐世界的曙光在21世纪中期降临，而且人类将在21世纪下半叶开始享受在和谐世界中的生活。

鸣谢：作者对编辑、Edwin R.Mc-Daniel以及Jiang Wu的颇有帮助的反馈意见表示感谢。作者对本文中可能出现的所有错误和缺陷负责。

本文英文原文发表于［China Media Research.2008；4（4）：2530］

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Chinese Perspective on Harmony：An Evaluation

of the Harmony and the Peace Paradigms

Wenshan Jia

（Chapman University）

Translator：Yuan Zhang^*，Jinzhu Zhang^**

（^*Hangzhou Dianzi University，^**Zhejiang University）

Abstract：Harmony and peace represent two different cultural paradigms of thinking，with the former from Chinese culture and the latter from the modern Western culture.The peace paradigm of thinking has been dysfunctional due to its lack of rich intellectual resources for peace.The harmony paradigm，with its long history and rich intellectual resources，specializes in harmonizing diversity and could be very useful in transforming the conflictridden global society into a harmonious world.［China Media Report Overseas.2009；5（1）：7075］

Keywords：Harmony，peace，Chinese culture，the modern Western culture，communication