王歐

Confucius said，“The virtue embodied in the doctrine of the Mean is of the highest order.”Aristotle said，“Finding the mean is the most human.”

Being raised in the influence of Confucius and immersed in the wisdom of Aristotle this year，I am amazed to see these two philosophers offer the same wisdom about the mean in life. But what does“mean”really mean？

At first，I saw the word“mean”with discontent. I thought finding the mean is to be mediocre， unexceptional and ordinary. Then I realize that it is not simply to find the middle between two opposite ideas，such as idealism and realism，achievement and character，or extrovert and introvert，but something unique that only applies to myself.

I am an introvert，and I admired people who are talkative，because I cannot express my ideas strongly like they do. However，Hyde gives me the opportunity to explore myself internally and externally. Externally，I have participated in seminar over thirty times to talk about my emotions；Internally，I have run hundreds of miles to develop physical and mental strength；I have read and discussed books by Emerson，Aristotle，and Swift with depth and rigor in order to apply their wisdom in life.

I finally have found the mean in between introversion and extroversion. I am now proud of my introverted ability to reflect and to think，but also the extroverted ability I developed at Hyde to speak and to lead. I am now able to think deep，and speak strong. I now have the clear view of what“mean” means to me， and I will carry it through my journey.

孔子曰，“中庸之為德也，其至矣乎！”

亞里士多德說到，“找出事物的平衡點是找出幸福的關鍵?！?/p>

從小在孔子學說下長大的我，今年卻也沉浸在了亞里士多德的智慧里。我驚奇地發(fā)現(xiàn)，這兩位中西方偉大的哲學家同時對中庸之道做出了強調?？珊螢橹杏怪?？

起初，我對“中庸”這個詞一直抱有一些不滿。我認為找尋中庸之道就是變得普通、平凡、平庸。然后我意識到，它不僅僅是找到兩個相對事物的中間點，比如說在理想和現(xiàn)實主義中間，成就與個人品德中間，外向和內向中間，而是一個對于我來說獨一無二的點。

我很內向，總是欽佩那些健談的人，因為我不能像他們那樣強有力地、輕松地表達我的想法。 然而，海德中學給了我這個機會去由外向內、由內向外地發(fā)現(xiàn)我自己。由外，我參加了三十余次的討論會去探發(fā)我自己的情感；由內，我跑了幾百英里的旅程去開發(fā)我生理以及精神上的力量；我自己閱讀并且與他人深度地研討了艾默生、亞里士多德、斯威夫特的書籍，并且將其中的智慧應用到我自己的人生中。

我終于找到了我自己在內向與外向之間的中庸之道。我現(xiàn)在不止對于我內向、反省、思考的能力感到自豪，而且對我在海德學習到的外向、領導、表達的能力感到驕傲。我現(xiàn)在可以真正做到想得深，說得穩(wěn)。我現(xiàn)在對中庸之道的含義有了一個清晰的理解，我以后也會將其運用到我人生的旅程中。

編輯/梁宇清