What's the difference between moderation and compromise?

Compromise refers to making concessions in order to get worse results without perfect results, which means making adjustments acceptable to both sides. The doctrine of the mean has a neutral posture that is neither left nor right, nor radical but conservative. There are some intersections, but they should not be mixed together.

Once upon a time, the Confucian "golden mean" and "golden mean" were simply and rudely criticized by some people as eclecticism and conciliation. This wrong argument still has a market in academic circles, but it has not disappeared. But on the whole, it is on the verge of unprecedented fatal challenges and impacts. For example, some people think that the popular saying "golden mean" is an unprincipled, balanced and harmonious eclecticism, which has nothing to do with the original meaning of "golden mean".