Aristotle (384-322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and a leading philosophical thinker of the classical period in ancient Greece whose philosophical ideas have had a profound influence on almost all forms of theoretical systems of knowledge in the West, and which remain the subject of contemporary philosophical discussion to this day [Wikipedia 2022a]. Confucius (551-479 BCE) was a Chinese philosopher, poet, and statesman of the Spring and Autumn Period, traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages, whose teachings and philosophy underpin East Asian culture and society and remain influential in China and East Asia today [Wikipedia 2022b; You, Rud, Hu 2018]. The ethics of Aristotle and Confucius both had the idea of the “golden mean”, and they both considered the “golden mean” (“middle way”) as a very important virtue. It is unusual that two philosophers, who did not intersect at all in the East and the West of the world, produced similar philosophical theories in almost the same period. Aristotle’s and Confucius’ doctrine of the middle ground is a product of history, which has profoundly influenced traditional culture and philosophical thinking in both China and the West, and has become a principle of conduct and a guide for behavior respected by many thinkers. This paper attempts to explore the similarities and differences between the “golden mean” of Aristotle and Confu-cius from a comparative perspective, and to grasp the meaning of “golden mean” through the comparison of the two. This is not only a reconceptualization of the history of Chinese and Western philosophical thought and a re-examination of traditional Chinese culture, but also a new philosophical inspiration for people in modern life.