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This article explores how practicing the essence of traditional Chinese culture can help resolve competitive involution and thereby build a harmonious industrial and commercial civilization. The author first discusses two important logical issues related to the concepts of “cultivating oneself to bring peace to others” (xiu ji an ren) and “inner sageliness and outer kingliness” (nei sheng wai wang). The author proposes the concept of “Quanxin-Relationalism”—a framework that integrates individualist and collectivist orientations. Drawing from this perspective, the paper redefines the entrepreneur as a key agent in market competition and introduces the ideal of the “Quanxin-Entrepreneur.” According to Quanxin-Relationalism, how one treats others reflects how one defines and positions oneself. A business owner who exploits employees becomes a profiteer; one who treats employees well aspires to be a socially responsible individual. The Quanxin-Entrepreneur sees business not as a means to pursue profit or customer value or even to help employees succeed, but as a process of self-cultivation and meaning-making—where personal growth and contribution to others align. If more and more entrepreneurs and individuals adopt this mindset, our society may move beyond competitive involution and progress toward a harmonious business civilization. (本文探讨如何通过践行中国优秀传统文化来破解内卷式竞争从而构建和谐的工商业文明的问题。笔者首先讨论关于作为中国传统文化旨归所在的“修己安人、内圣外王”之道的两个重要的逻辑问题，然后提出一个“全心关系主义”的理念，用于整合与统一个人主义和群体主义之间的对立，最后，笔者从全心关系主义视角来解读作为参与市场竞争的重要个体的企业家这个概念，并提出“全心企业家”这样一个理想化的社会角色。全心关系主义认为，个人如何对待他者其实就是如何定义和定位自己。比如作为企业主，如果去剥削员工就是把自己定义和变成奸商，相反，善待员工就是把自己定位为并努力成长为一个有社会责任的好人。全心企业家明白开公司做生意的目的不应是别的（比如追求利润、创造客户、抑或是成就员工），而应是不断探寻和实现个人生命的意义，他们把日常的经营活动视为对自我修炼的磨砺过程，并在这个过程中实现立己与达人的高度统一。如果越来越多的企业家和个人都能按照全心关系主义来指导自己的思想和行为，我们整个社会就有可能破解竞争内卷化，并沿着修齐治平的进阶方向逐步创建出一个和谐的工商业文明.)
Author(s): Li X
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Shanghai Management Science (上海管理科学)
Year: 2025
Volume: 47
Issue: 5
Pages: 74-83
Online publication date: 05/10/2025
Acceptance date: 22/08/2025
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