英语翻译自1993年亨廷顿提供“文明的冲突”之后,引起了各国学术界的广泛讨论.在人类历史上看,由于文化（哲学、宗教、价值

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自1993年亨廷顿提供“文明的冲突”之后,引起了各国学术界的广泛讨论.在人类历史上看,由于文化（哲学、宗教、价值观念）的不同引起的冲突和战争并不少见,就是进入二十一世纪虽未发生世界性的大战,但局部地区的战争则不断,其中无疑政治、经济是冲突和战争非常重要的原因,但文化确也在相当大的程度上是国家与国家、民族与民族、地域与地域冲突和战争的原因,如何化解这种因文化上的原因引起的冲突甚至战争,也许孔子提出的“和而不同”是一条非常有意义的原则.
在中国历史上,一向认为“和”与“同”是不同的两个概念,有所谓有“和同之辨”.例如《国语·郑语》：“夫和实生物,同则不继.以他平他谓之和,故能丰长而物归之；若以同裨同,尽乃弃之.故先王以土、与金、木、水、火杂,以成百物.”可见“和”与“同”是两个不同的概念.“以他平他”,是以相异和相关为前提,相异的事物相互协调并进,就能发展；“以同裨同”,则是以相同的事物叠加,其结果只能窒息生机.中国传统文化的最高理想是“万物并育不相害,道并行而不相悖.”（《中庸》）“万物并育”和“道并行”是“不同”；“不相害”、“不相悖”则是“和”.这种思想为多元文化共处提供了取之不尽的思想源泉.

Huntington provided “the civilized conflict” since 1993,has evoked the various countries' academic circles's widespread discussion.Looked in the human history,because culture (philosophy,religion,value idea) causes differently the conflict and the war are not rare,although is enters for the 21st century not to have the worldwide basis war,but local area war then unceasingly,in which without doubt politics,the economy are the conflict and the war extremely important reason,but the culture also in the quite great degree is firmly national and national,national and national,the region and the region conflict and the war reason,how melts the conflict even war which because this kind in the cultural reason causes,perhaps Kong Zi proposes “is friendly but not at the expense of principles” has the significance principle extremely.
In the Chinese history,always thought “and” and “with” is the different two concepts,has so-called has “and distinguishes with it”.For example "National language Zheng Language":“The husband and the solid biology,discontinue with the piece.Puts down him by him to say the sum,but therefore can abundant long the thing turn over to it; If by the same benefit with,abandons it.Therefore Wang Yitu,with the gold,the wood,the water,the fire is first mixed,becomes all things.”Obviously “and” and “with” is two different concepts.“Puts down him by him”,is take different and related as the premise,the different thing intercoordination advances together,can develop; “By same benefit with”,then is by the same thing superimposition,its result only can suffocate the vitality.The China traditional culture highest ideal is “the myriad things and nurtures does not harm,said parallel does not contradict.”("Doctrine of the mean") “the myriad things and nurture” and “parallel” are “different”; “Does not harm”,“does not contradict” is “combination”.This thought has provided the inexhaustible thought fountainhead for the multicultural coexistence.