Confucianists spoke of moderation while Daoists preached enlightenment through drunkenness.

儒家讲，道家讲通过醉酒开悟。

I'm not really familiar with the golden mean.

我不太熟悉之道。

There is no middle, there is no gray, just polarity.

没有立，没有灰色地带， 只有极端化。

Maybe playing it safe is the wrong approach.

或许不是正确的经商之道。

" My father told me, 'You always want to be in the middle, '" he said.

“我爸爸跟我说，你总是想做一个的人。”他说。

He said that moderation, quietness, and god health were the conditions of the middle state.

他说、安静、神健是道的条件。

I slapped you around to burnish my reputation as a moderate.

我让你出丑 是为了一改我之名。

As a Conservative——I have never had any doubt about what I believe in: security, freedom and opportunity, decency, moderation, patriotism.

作为保守党人，我从未怀疑过己的信仰、安全、由、机遇、正派、、爱国、保存有价值的事物。

Hut two! He looks downfield... he's got the wily old veteran in the open!

发现一名老将无人防守完美的传球，的接球 等等.

The Doctrine of the Mean is the core of Confucianism.

思想（Doctrine of the Mean）是儒家思想的核心内容。

This makes the current field of conflict an unfortunate one — in the real world, we can practise moderation, emotional flexitarianism.

这使得当前的冲突领域成为一个不幸的领域——在现实世界，我们可以实行、绪化的弹性素食主义。

This is the so-called Doctrine of the Mean we understand today.

这就是我们今天所理解的所谓之道。

STEVE STROGATZ: You know, kids are taught median, mean.

史蒂夫·斯特罗加茨：你知道，孩子们接受的教育是的。

Philosophers have their own golden idea. The " golden mean" says moderation in all things is the best way to live one's life.

哲学家都有己的金点子（golden idea），之道（ golden mean）称，在所有事物，是生活的最好方法。

You need to protect against mob rule, but also plutocracy and find some sort of, you know, middle way.

你需要防范暴民统治，同时也要防范富豪政治，并找到某种之道。

The BBC podcast Seriously has listed some tips for disagreeing better, including not aiming for the middle ground-another way of saying 'compromising'.

BBC的播客节目《Seriously》列出了一些更好地提出异议的建议，包括不以保持——妥协的另一种说法——为目的。

Now two curious students are wondering whether Shakespeare advocates living a life of moderation or one of passionate engagement.

现在，两位好奇的学生正在思考，莎士比亚是否倡导过一种的生活方式，还是鼓励人们全身心投入、充满激地生活。

And I would say that the happy medium is to try to think creatively about ways to engage socially without physically being present.

我想说的是，之道是尝试创造性地思考如何在身体不在场的况下进行社交活动。

The Doctrine of the Mean we talk about today seems to be similar to the kind of people Confucius scolds.

我们今天所说的之道，似乎和孔子骂的那种人很相似。

The prize was certainly great; but it was only to be won by striking the happy mean between precipitancy and caution.

奖品当然很棒；但只有在鲁莽和谨慎之间找到合适的之道才能赢得胜利。