The Communicative Wisdom in the Analects of Confucius: a Comparative Perspective
SHAN Bo, XIAO Jincao
Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication ›› 2014, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (6) : 76-91.
The Communicative Wisdom in the Analects of Confucius: a Comparative Perspective
The communicative wisdom of the Analects demonstrates the wisdom of spiritual communication of the Chinese people and their communicative characteristics. In the contemporary world communication system, Chinese people can construct the communicative subjectivity by reviewing this wisdom so as to revive the communicative spirit of inter-subjective “benevolence” in an era of multiculturalism. This forms complementary relationships with the western communicative spirit based on rationality, namely, the opportunities for comprehension, reflection and insight vs. the accurate expression of meaning and rational persuasion; the construction of moral political relationships vs. transcendence of moral political relationships in the truth-seeking activities; stress of situations and emotions in interaction vs. stress of the guiding role of rationality in interpersonal communication. This is actually the manifestation of integrity of human communication spirit, in the process of which the communicative wisdom of the Analects is creatively transformed.
the Analects / dialogue / relationship / communication / wisdom
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