But the nearby culture of Qi has gradually been all but forgotten by history. Lu civilization was based on agriculture. Agricultural civilization tends toward the soft, the delicate, the conservative. It stresses ethics, human sentiment, stability, the golden mean and morality.
魯文化以農業文明為基礎，農業文明具有溫文爾雅、保守的色彩，講究倫理、人情、平穩、中庸、道德，孔孟之道便由此滋生。