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Wang Tongjun
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DOI:10.17265/2328-2177/2026.09.002
Beijing International Studies University, Beijing, China
The critical part of traditional Chinese dialectical philosophy can be mainly regarded as Confucian Zhongyong (the so-called Doctrine of Mean, focusing the familiar affairs of the day, termed by Roger T. Ames) and Daoist theoretical paradigms, including Dao follows ziran (spontaneity, keeping it self-soing) and wu-wei (non-coercive acting). Distinct from the one-dimensional technological rationality and binary oppositional thinking that dominate Western theoretical and practical systems, this Eastern dialectical thinking features unique cognitive logic of operational order, quantitative measurement and developmental boundary. Contrast with the dualism of modern rule-of-law optimization and digital technological iteration, traditional Confucian-Daoist dialectical wisdom delivers profound ideological nourishment for the modest, scientific and humanistic transformation of contemporary criminal legislation. It effectively rectifies prevalent modern governance maladies covering penal rigorism, generalized legislative design and rigid judicial adjudication. Furthermore, it presents targeted solutions for the born ethical hard nuts of artificial intelligence, resolving modernity paradoxes such as rigid algorithmic binarism, unbounded technological expansion and imbalanced human-machine interaction relations. Based on the heart of Confucian-Daoist oneness, this paper systematically explores the internal logical correspondence between traditional dialectical thought and modern criminal legislation as well as AI ethical normative systems. By sorting out practical predicaments in criminal justice system and intelligent technological application, it attempts to build up feasible empowering and correction paths for modern rule-of-law construction and digital ethical optimization, aiming to provide localized theoretical support and targeted practical strategies for highlighting the Chinese characteristic criminal rule-of-law mechanism and enhancing the sustainable and healthy development of modern AI technology.
Confucian-Daoist philosophy, Zhongyong (the Mean), Dao follows ziran, modesty of criminal law, AI ethics
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