中ちゅう庸よう

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', na-adjective

middle way; golden mean; moderation

Refers to the Confucian ideal of avoiding extremes and maintaining balance. Used both as a noun and adjectivally (中庸な/中庸の).

• 何なに事ごとも中ちゅう庸ようが大たい切せつだ。

  Moderation is important in everything.

• 彼かれは中ちゅう庸ような意い見けんを持もっている。

  He holds a moderate opinion.

noun

the Doctrine of the Mean

One of the Four Books of Confucianism. In this sense, it is a proper noun referring to the classic text.

See also: 四書

• 『中ちゅう庸よう』は四し書しょの一ひとつです。

  The Doctrine of the Mean is one of the Four Books.