La Doctrina de la medianía (en chino: 中庸, pinyin: zhōng yōng) es un libro confuciano que desarrolla el concepto de la medianía (o término medio) atribuido Zisi (o Kong Ji), único nieto de Confucio. El término procede de un verso de las Analectas, que dice: El Maestro [Confucio] dijo: la virtud encarnada en la Doctrina de la medianía es de primer orden. Pero siempre ha sido poco común entre las personas. Doctrina de la medianía, 6:26 Sin embargo, las Analectas no llegan a ampliar el significado de este término. La Doctrina de la medianía pertenece al Canon Confuciano tardío del movimiento neoconfuciano compilado por Zhu Xi, y ahonda detalladamente en el significado del término, así como la manera de aplicarlo a la propia vida. El libro muestra puntos en común con el concepto clásico griego de Aristóteles llamado la dorada medianía.

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The Doctrine of the Mean (Chinese: 中庸; pinyin: Zhōng yōng) is both a doctrine of Confucianism and also the title of one of the Four Books of Confucian philosophy. The text is attributed to Zisi (also known as Kong Ji), the only grandson of Confucius. It was published as a chapter in the Classic of Rites. The phrase Doctrine of the Mean (zhōng yōng) first occurs in Book VI, verse 29 of the Analects of Confucius: The Master [Confucius] said, The virtue embodied in the doctrine of the Mean is of the highest order. But it has long been rare among people— Analects, 6:29 (Burton Watson tr.) Analects never expands on what this term means, but Zisi's text, Doctrine of the Mean, explores its meaning in detail, as well as how to apply it to one's life. The text was adopted into the canon of the Neo-Confucian movement, as compiled by Zhu Xi. Although Burton Watson translated zhōng yōng as Doctrine of the Mean, other English-language translators have rendered it differently. James Legge called it Constant Mean. Pierre Ryckmans (aka Simon Leys) Middle Way, while Arthur Waley chose Middle Use. Ezra Pound's attempts include Unswerving Pivot, and Unwobbling Pivot. Roger T. Ames and David L. Hall titled their 2001 translation Focusing the Familiar.

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