On the Embodiment of “Harmony but Not Uniformity” in Hakka Earth Buildings

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10.2991/assehr.k.200207.020How to use a DOI?

Keywords

“Harmony but not uniformity”, Hakka Earth Building, times, geographical locations, personal aesthetics

Abstract

The Confucian Analects: Zi Lu: “The gentleman aims at harmony, and not at uniformity. The mean man aims at uniformity, and not at harmony.” “Harmony but not uniformity” refers to the pursuit of internal harmony and unity instead of apparent uniformity. There are more than 20,000 Yongding Hakka Earth Buildings, the world cultural heritages, which have the same internal architectural structure but diversified architectural forms. This article discusses “the embodiment of harmony but not uniformity in Hakka Earth Buildings” from such aspects as times, geographical locations and personal aesthetics.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Jing Xu
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/02/17
TI  - On the Embodiment of “Harmony but Not Uniformity” in Hakka Earth Buildings
BT  - Proceedings of the International Academic Conference on Frontiers in Social Sciences and Management Innovation (IAFSM 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 124
EP  - 128
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200207.020
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200207.020
ID  - Xu2020
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