A Confucian classic on cultivating equilibrium and sincerity as the constant, unswerving path to moral harmony.
Books that mention The Doctrine of the Mean (2)
Bushido: The Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe: “The apotheosis of Sincerity to which Tsu-tsu gives expression in the _Doctrine of the Mean_, attributes to it transcendental powers, almost identifying them with the Divine.”
An Inquiry into the Good by Nishida Kitarō: “That the mean is good is Aristotle's view, and in the East it also appears in the book The Doctrine of the Mean. [auto-translated]”