Engaging in dialogue with African philosophy, I respond to questions raised by Thaddeus Metz on characteristics of Confucian philosophy in comparison with African philosophy. First, in both Confucian philosophy and African philosophy, harmony/harmonization and self-realization coincide in the process of person-making. Second, Confucians accept that sometimes it is inevitable to sacrifice individual components in order to achieve or maintain harmony at large scales; the point is how to minimize such costs. Third, Confucians give family love a central place in the good life before extend love to the rest of the world. Fourth, the Confucian philosophy of gender equality is based on appropriate division of labor consistent with its yin-yang philosophy, rather than equal split of power in the family. Fifth, in the Confucian view, hierarchy and harmony do not necessarily contradict each other, though hierarchy is not essential to all forms of harmony. The two can co-exist.

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儒家和谐与非洲和谐对话：回应

通过与非洲哲学对话，我回答了萨迪德斯·梅斯（Thaddeus Metz）提出的关于儒家哲学与非洲哲学相比的问题。首先，在儒家哲学和非洲哲学中，和谐/和谐与自我实现在人的创造过程中重合。其次，儒家认为有时为了实现或大规模维持和谐而牺牲个别组成部分是不可避免的。关键是如何最小化此类成本。第三，儒家将家庭之爱放在美好生活的中心位置，然后再将爱扩展到世界其他地方。第四，儒家的性别平等哲学基于与其阴阳哲学一致的适当分工，而不是家庭中的平等分权。第五，在儒家看来，尽管等级制度对所有形式的和谐都并非必不可少，但等级制度和和谐不一定彼此矛盾。两者可以共存。