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).
Moderation is important in everything.
He holds a moderate opinion.
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
The Doctrine of the Mean is one of the Four Books.
中庸 means moderation or the middle way, the opposite of 極端's leaning toward one extreme end of a scale.
From Chinese 中庸 (zhōngyōng), literally 'middle' and 'ordinary/constant'. The term is central to Confucian philosophy.