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1、TheDifferencesbetweenChineseValueandWesternValueValueisacriterionwhichcanhelppeopletodistinguishgoodandbad,beautyandugliness,rightandwrongandtrueandfalse.Valuevariesfromdifferentcounties,whichisthemaincauseoftheconflictandmisunderstandingincommunicationbetweenChinaandwesterncountries.Itisofgreats
2、ignificancetoknowandlearntheculturaldifferencesincross-culturalcommunication.Therefore,Iwanttointroducethereasonswhythesedifferencesareformedandthenexplaintheminseveralaspects.ReasonsWiththeemergenceanddevelopmentofdifferentcountriesandcultures,twomainreasonsaffecttheformationofvalue:1.Developmen
3、tofhistory2.Thinkingpattern ChinahasalonghistoryandtheruleofthefeudalclasshasdominatedChinaforabouttwothousandyears,whichhasdirectinfluenceonourvaluesysteminthemodernsociety.ModernChinesepeoplearestillcomplianttoauthorities,respecttheseniorandemphasizethestateof“keepingyourplace”.Onthecontrary,in
4、the1800s,theBritishbourgeoisieoverthrewthefeudalruleandestablishedacapitalistsociety.What’smore,theindustrialrevolutiongreatlyenhancedpeople'smaterialstandardoflivingandliberatedpeople’smindscompletely.Thedemocracyofcapitalismgraduallyprevailedinwesternsocieties.Westernersadvocateindividualism,lo
5、ngsforlibertyandequality.ThesedifferencesinhistoricalenvironmentmakeChineseandwesternperceptionsofindividualdiffergreatlyfromeachother.Thinkingpatternsaredominatedbynationalphilosophy.Confucianism,TaoismandBuddhismhavegreatinfluenceonthethinkingpatternsofChinesepeople.Sincethesethreekindsofphilos
6、ophyallattachgreatsignificancetoperception,Chinesepeopleareimplicitandeuphemistic.Onthispoint,westernersarejusttheotherwayaround.ThebackgroundsofphilosophyinwesterncountriesareAristotelianformallogicandrationalismwhichhasbeenprevalentinEuropefromthe1700stothe1900s.Rationalismpaysspecialattentiont
7、oformaldiscussion,sowesternersareoutgoingandlogical.ValueIntheprocessofdevelopment,Chinaandwesterncountriesformdifferentvalues,whicharereflectedinmanyaspects.ThinkingPatternsWesternvaluestressesindividualism.AsJohnLock
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