The Road To Harmony The construction of a harmonious society is an ancient and new proposition. Harmony refers to the cooperate proper, coordination between things. In terms of human society, the harmony is on the basis of the people-oriented coordination and orderly development. Great thinkers in our country pays lots attention to the social harmony. For example, Confucian against "cynical". Of course, nowadays our party put forward in building a harmonious socialist society is different with the traditional feudal Confucian advocated the harmony. Confucian pursuit of harmony, its essence is to serve the feudal ruling class, and we pursue harmony, its essence is for the majority of people's interests. Any society needs harmony. Throughout human history of social development, from the beginning of recorded history, all sorts of society are to promote social harmony and maintain social stability as an important means to safeguard the interests of the ruling class. Endless social development, the task of building a harmonious society is endless. Is what we're building construction, jointly by all the people share the harmonious society, make all the labor, knowledge, technology, management and capital of the gushing vitality, give full play to all sources of social wealth. Therefore, our party advocates harmony, with unparalleled charisma and centripetal force. 中文原文： 构建和谐社会是一个古老而又全新的命题 所谓和谐,是指事物间配合得适当、协调。就人类社会而言,和谐是在以人为本的基础上的协调有序发展。 我国先哲们十分注重社会和谐。例如儒家反对“见利忘义”。 当然,今天我们党提出构建社会主义和谐社会,与传统的封建儒家所倡导的和谐有着本质的不同。 儒家追求的和谐,其本质是为封建统治阶级服务,而我们追求的和谐,其本质是为广大人民群众谋利益。 任何社会都需要和谐。纵观人类社会发展的历史长河,从有文字记载的历史看,各种社会形态都把促进社会和谐,保持社会稳定作为维护统治阶级利益的重要手段。 社会发展无止境,构建和谐社会的任务也就无止境。我们所要构建的是由全体人民共同建设、共同享有的和谐社会,让一切劳动、知识、技术、管理和资本的活力竞相迸发,让一切创造社会财富的源泉充分涌流。因此,我们党所倡导的和谐,具有无与伦比的感召力和向心力。