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Key Takeaway: A central Confucian text (one of the Four Books) and its core philosophical concept.

A central Confucian text (one of the Four Books) and its core philosophical concept. The Mean (zhongyong) is the virtue of acting neither excessively nor deficiently but finding the fitting course in every situation — the path that aligns with one's nature, social role, and cosmic harmony.

As Confucius taught in the Analects and as the Confucian tradition of virtue and self-cultivation holds, A central Confucian text (one of the Four Books) and its core philosophical concept.

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