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EAST AND WEST THINKING, CAN HARMONY BE REACHED?

KINDNESS, EQUITY, SUNTZE, HARMONY RENIASSANCE, GENTLENESS,LAOTZE, HUMILITY, PATIENCE, CONFUCIUS, 12 VIRTUES OF HARMONY,

ACCEPTANCE, FORGIVENESS, ART OF WAR, TOLERANCE, WISDOM OF

CHINESE LANGUAGE, GREEN ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION, RESPECT,NONVIOLENCE

East and West are very different in way of thinking but obviously have similar needs.We most of all would like to be respected. Respect is one of the 12 virtues of

Harmony(See Attached).

We think differently because of our culture, civilization, upbringing and experience but

most of all we are formed in our early life by our culture and language as we all know.

Chinese language is very uniquely different from all major phonetic languages. I have

written articles on the wisdom of Chinese language. Chinese language makes Chinese

thinking more spatial than phonetic. The disadvantage is Chinese children are more

displined and become creative only much later in life. Most of all we are differentbecause Confucian, Laotze and Sun Tze philosophies are very different from Christian

theological traditions.

A casual observation of European Chess and Wei Qi (Go game), East and West

Gardening philosophy reveals opposite thinking. China has learned a great deal from the

West by absorbing Christianity and the Chess game (China has modified the EuropeanChess into a similar Chinese version). America has, however, modified the Wei Qi into

Chinese checkers that is a totally different game in complexity. Chinese chess and Wei

Qi are complex games but with less rules than European Chess. The Chinese language

grows with culture and history but has less grammar. These differences and togetherwith Eastern philosophy, simply put are actually quite profound in shaping East and West

thinking.

Sun Tze teaching is originally more a philosophy in China than just art of war. Together

with Confucian and Lao Tze philosophy, they profoundly shaped Eastern thinking. But

the West barely scratched the surface of these important philosophies, with the exceptionof Sun Tze which are put into practical use of war and business in the West.

The cross pollination of East West wisdom is the future of human continuing growth tothe next level of human accomplishment. Alas, the trend of cultural flow is more from

the West to the East for the last two hundred years. I believe Harmony Renaissance willre-balance the exchange as during the ancient Silk Road era. That is another long story.

Francis C W Fung, Ph.D.

Director General

World Harmony [email protected]

San Francisco, CA
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THE TWELVE VIRTUES OF HARMONY RENIASSANCE

THE TWELVE VIRTUES OF HARMONY RENAISSANCE

Harmony is the most common value of mankind. All ancient culturalheritages include harmony faith. Twentieth century history has been

dominated by Western ideals of Freedom, Liberty and Democracy.

These ideals revolutionized the relations between citizens and theirgovernments. These changes resulted in todays modern Western

government systems. Harmony is an ancient ideal of more than twothousand years old. It is a system of beliefs that include all relations

between individuals, within oneself, within the family, citizen andgovernment, between nations and down to between human and

nature. As an all inclusive faith for conflict resolution, harmony belief

has been neglected for over two centuries. The modern society in itsdeparture from harmony faith tends to be very materialistic. Evolution

by the survival of the fittest has been inordinately emphasized.

Todays conflicted world of religious and ideological confrontations calls

for the revival of harmony faith. World Harmony Organization is

dedicated to the pursuit of Harmony Renaissance. Our mission is towork with United Nations to support a modern harmony culture thatcan begin to harmonize relations between nations as well as between

man and nature. There is no higher faith healing than Harmony

Renaissance. Harmony Renaissance reconciles all faiths, religions andideologies, when it is upheld by the international community as a New

World Order.

Harmony is the order of nature and the operating principle of the

universe. Harmony Faith as the order of universe is proclaimed in our

Harmony Renaissance Preamble and Declaration. This is delivered as aspeech at the April 25, 2008, Spring of U.N. Festival. Further

disclosure of Harmony Faith is also attached in the article titled

Harmony Faith, the Order of the Universe.

Harmony Renaissance is the inevitable tide humans are waiting to

bring us to the next level of accomplishment after EuropeanRenaissance. To participate in this second wave of dynamic harmony
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movement the twelve virtues of Harmony Renaissance are presentedhere. They are: TOLERANCE, ACCEPTANCE, RESPECT, KINDNESS,

FORGIVENESS, HUMILITY, GENTLENESS, PATIENCE, EQUITY,NONVIOLENCE, GREEN ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION. The last two

being actions we now must collectively take urgently to harmonize

with nature in order to avoid catastrophe on earth.

We propose that United Nations every year organize an internationalartists contest for the best combination of poetry and art to extol the

twelve Harmony Renaissance virtues. The selected first ten

submissions will be published worldwide as that years calendars forworld distribution. This will become an important tradition for mankind

to start each year with harmony inspirations. So Harmony Renaissanceand the 12 virtues of harmony will live in the hearts of mankind. We

can also proclaim the first month of each year as Harmony

Renaissance month to advocate the twelve virtues of harmony culture.

Francis C W Fung, PH.D.

Director General

World Harmony Organization

1 2 H A R M O N Y R E N A I S S A N C E V I R T U E S A N D 1 2 Z

12 121 First incarnation: Humility, the modest mouse

2 Second incarnation: Tolerance, the broad minded bull

3 Third incarnation: Gentleness, the tempered tiger

4 Fourth incarnation: Equity, the fair hare

5 Fifth incarnation: Conservation, the divine dragon

6 Sixth incarnation: Green Ecology, the green snake


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7 Seventh incarnation: Respect, the honorable horse

8 Eighth incarnation: Kindness, the soft hearted sheep

9 Ninth incarnation: Forgiveness, the merciful monkey-

10 Tenth incarnation: Patience, the responsive rooster

11 Eleventh incarnation: Consensus, the agreeable dog

12 Twelfth incarnation: Non Violence, the peaceful pig

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