Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture Reflection on the Pursuit of Harmonious Community

Abstract: Community is the fundamental compound that people live and thrive in current society. There are many vital connections between community and society. Communities constitute the basic units of a society while society is the integration of communities. Therefore, a good community is the underpinning of a harmonious society. The development of society demands the development of communities. The crucial point to achieve the good community so as to build up the harmonious society is to comprehend the value and norms in the community culture and to properly extend these characteristics in the larger society. The paper started from interpreting the concepts and characteristics of the communities, analyzed the common natures and relations between community and society. It also deliberated the meaning of community building on the pursuit of a harmonious society. In addition, the article further discussed how to achieve a harmonious community and society through building up community cultural values. Key words: community; harmonious community; harmonious society Résumé: La communauté est le cadre fondamental de la vie moderne, et elle constitue également l'unité fondamentale de la société. Les liens sociaux sont nombreux et inévitables entre la communauté et la société. La société est une intégration organique des communautés, et le développement communautaire est devenue la demande de notre époque et la base pour construire une société harmonieuse. Par conséquent, il faut saisir la direction du développement communautaire à partir des valeurs socio-culturelles communes de la communauté et de la société. A partir de la conception et les caractéristique