建设和谐社会,人多寄望于政府的宏观调控,以为均贫富是实现社会和谐的关键。利益的杠杆作用固然必不可少,但文化、教育潜移默化的影响更是不可或缺。社会和谐的实现,关键在于辨明“贵和”取向与笃行“致和”工夫。“和为贵”是中国传统文化最核心的价值。中国古圣先贤对于“和”的体认,是“极高明而道中庸”的。惟其如此,在“贵和”的价值取向上许多流行的观念实际上是似是而非的。对此不进行一番博学、审问、慎思、明辨的工夫,和谐社会的建设便会差之毫厘失之千里,“贵和”的取向难免导致“失和”的结局。 Building a harmonious society, many people hope that the government’s macro-control, that is the key to achieving social harmony, both rich and poor. The leverage of interest is indispensable, but the influence of culture and education is even more indispensable. The key to the realization of social harmony lies in identifying the orientation of “expensiveness” and the practice of “making peace” with betrotheds. “Peace is precious” is the most important value of Chinese traditional culture. The understanding of “harmony” by the ancient Chinese sages is that “it is extremely wise and fair to the mean.” However, many of the popular concepts in the value orientation of “Gui He” are in fact paradoxical. In this connection, without carrying out some erudite, interrogation, deliberation and discernment, the construction of a harmonious society will be almost a hundred miles away. The “expensive” orientation will inevitably lead to the outcome of “losing harmony.”