Document Type
Book Chapter
Date of Original Version
2009
Department
Communication Studies
Abstract
Based on Chen’s harmony theory of Chinese communication, this entry explicated that the ability to reach a harmonious state of human relationship is the main criterion the Chinese use to evaluate communication competence. In order to achieve harmony interactants are required to follow three principles: (1) intrinsically to internalize jen (humanism), yi (righteousness), and li (rite); (2) extrinsically to accommodate shih (temporal contingencies), wei (spatial contingencies), and ji (the first imperceptible beginning of movement); and (3) strategically to exercise guanxi (inter-relation), mientz (face), and power in the behavioral level.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Encyclopedia of Communication Theory
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Chen, G. M. (2009). Chinese harmony theory. In S. Littlejohn & K. Foss (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Communication Theory (pp. 95-96). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412959384.n38
Available at: https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412959384.n38
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