梁漱溟先生在《中国文化要义》中提出了“理性”的概念，认为理性是人类的特征，同时对比了动物的本能和人类的理智以及中西方的理性与理智，认为理性精神是中华文化的根基所在，中国民族精神在于理性所导引的向上之心强和相与之情厚两方面。

Mr. Liang Shuming put forward the concept of "rationality" in The substance of Chinese Culture and believed that rationality is a characteristic of human beings. He also compared animal instincts and human reason, as well as Chinese and Western reason and rationality, and believed that the spirit of rationality is the foundation of Chinese culture, and that the spirit of the Chinese nation lies in the strength of upward mobility and the love for each other that rationality induces. The spirit of the Chinese nation lies in the strong heart of upward mobility and the strong love for each other led by reason