Doctrine of the Mean

The Doctrine of the Mean is divided into three parts:

Aristotle's Doctrine of the Mean is a paradigm example of his thinking.

In China prior to the twentieth century the Doctrine of the Mean was integrated into the education system state wide.

The Doctrine of the Mean is a text rich with symbolism and guidance to perfecting oneself.

The Doctrine of the Mean is another chapter from the Classic of Rites.

The Doctrine of the Mean represents moderation, rectitude, objectivity, sincerity, honesty and propriety.

The Great Learning, along with the Doctrine of the Mean had their beginnings as chapters within the Book of Rites.

The Doctrine of the Mean is the way in which one should make decisions in life, in which the best decision is always the middle between unworkable extremes.

Using the Doctrine of the Mean has become a useful source for New Confucians due to the similarities in the terminology and expression used by them and found within the text.

The great Neo-Confucian Zhu Xi and his edited versions of the Great Learning and the Doctrine of the Mean influenced the Chinese society to place much more attention on these and two other books creating the Four Books.