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thespiritofChineseculture总结

Editorsnote:LaurenceBrahmisaseniorinternational

researchfellowattheCenterforChinaandGlobalization.The

articlereflectstheauthorsopinionandnotnecessarilythe

viewsofCGTN.

ThroughoutChinaspastfourdecadesofrapideconomic

growth,ithasmetthechallengesofalleviatingpovertyand

promotingeducationandeconomicadvancementwith

unprecedentedachievement.Toagreatextent,thishasbeen

achievedonthebasisofunityamongChinasuniquepopulation

thatincludes55ethnicminorities.

Chinasuniqueabilitytoflexiblyovercomechallenges

reflectsacultureofembracingdifferentculturesandchanges

itself.Thousandsofyearsofcombinedculturalfactors:The

inclinationforrapidorganizationalresponseintheConfucian

tradition,theabilitytoadjusttofactorsofsuddenchange

acclimateharmoniouslytotheforcesofnatureinTaoismand

theabilitytothinkclearlyinthepresentandrespondtothe

futurewithreferencetothepastthatisinherentinthe

BuddhisttraditionsofChina.Thisisacultureofembracing

differenttraditionsintoamatrixofsynchronicphilosophies

thathavebecomethematrixunderlyingmodernChineseculture.

ThestrengthoftheChinesepeopleliesintheirculture

andthenaturalresiliencyofthatculture.Taoismisabout

change.Buddhismisaboutseeingpast-present-future

simultaneouslyandturningnegativesituationsintopositive

onesbyrealizingthateverythingisabouthowsomethingis

perceived.

ConfucianismgivesChinesepeopletheorganizational

capabilitytorespondtoanysituationandcrisisandthe

longitudinalandlatitudinalmatrixoforganizationtorespond

toanysituationandcrisis.Thesearethreeaspectsofthe

Chinesecollectiveunconsciousthatareever-presentin

everyoneinChinaalways,andthatisaresiliencethatno

Westerncountryorpeoplehave.

Anotherfactorist