Confucianism ”Being in the middle" Chinese Culture
Channel: Be1life
Date: 2020-05-19

Confucianism 中庸之道 Being in the middle/The Golden mean.
Why did China mean The Middle Kingdom in Chinese? Why Chinese like being in the middle? How can Chinese culture help an individual or business?  Chinese culture can apply to any aspect of life. It has helped me through my life, and I hope it will do the same magic for you. 

In today's business world, companies start to realise the importance of culture. In general, there are three aspects of culture implementations: Company culture, Cultural marketing and team culture. 

The good company have products, 
The great company have a culture. 
With culture, Your customers become your fans and culture believer. So there are no more hard sales, your fans buy your product because they agree with your company culture. 

With culture, Your employees integrated into their works. They are no longer work for any company/organisation; they work for what they believe. 

Chinese Culture, the culture from the only survived continued ancient civilisation could be the source of your inspiration when you are thinking about creating your company culture. 

I am a Chinese culture consultant. Today, I created my first video, to explain, What I do, and talk about a fundamental Chinese culture value "Being in the middle" or "The Golden mean". In Chinese, China means "The Middle Kingdom". "Being in the middle" is not a culture habit like Chinese love RED, there are deeper reasons for Chinese to believe "Being in the middle" is the best thing we can have in our life. 

Today, I will use five trees to explain some of the benefits of "Being in the middle" in the business world. The video is about 18 mins. It is longer than the stander videos.

Jeff : "You are the second richest guy in the world and it is so simple. Why does not everyone just copy you?" Buffett : "Because nobody wants to get rich slow."

You may only need one inspiration to start creating your culture, but it takes years to build. If you are serious about building a culture for your company/organisation, then this 18 mins will worth your time. 

ps: if you are just looking for quick tips, then jump to watch the last 3 minutes of the video. 

In the extent of the video content: the beauty of Chinese culture is its continuity. The continuity gives Chinese chances to improve its culture system to continue fit with the changing world. As a result, Chinese culture becomes a Wikipedia of everything, with clear culture origin, and continues history to understand how Chinese culture developed. 

The concept of "Being in the middle" we discussed today is an example to show how every aspect of Chinese life was under the same system. 

I have explained it in term of how the new market will develop in the business world. With a bit of imagination, you can also apply this into your personal development. 

If you like Chinese Art, then you should be able to feel the peacefulness and gentleness in Chinese Art, they come from the concept of "Being in the middle" as well.  

If you like action, then you can find "Being in the middle" concept in Chinese internal martial art as well, e.g. TaiJi 太极拳, the XingYi 形意拳 ( I practice XingYi myself.)

Finally, I want to point out that China did not get to where she is now by hard-working only. The brain inside those hard-working bodies is Chinese culture. 

Chinese culture is China's brain. 
Hard work is China's body.
The world has seen China's body, and now do you want to know more about China's brain?

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