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1、TheSymbolsofChineseCulture——FaceTheCultureofChinaishometooneoftheworld'soldestandmostcomplexcivilizationscoveringahistoryofover5,000years.leadintroductionImportantcomponentsofChinesecultureincludes literature, music, visualarts, martialarts, cuisine,etc.
2、Whenwethinkofculturaldifferences,themostimportantthingthatcomestomindistheChineseconceptof"Face“.it'salsooneofthemostimportantconceptsinunderstandingtheChineseMind.leadFaceForthoseofyounotwell-versedinChineseculture,thereissomethingyoushouldknowaboutthec
3、onceptoffaceorhavingface.Face—aculturethingFaceisaconceptnothardtounderstandandfaceisverysimilartothenotionofreputation.FaceisadynamicwhichappliestobothpersonalandbusinessrelationshipsinChina.CHINESEIDIOMSABOUT“FACE”“Mencan’tlivewithoutface,treescan’tliv
4、ewithoutbark.”renyaolian,shuyaopi.“Afamily’sugliness(misfortune)shouldneverbepubliclyaired”jaichoubukewaiyangDefinitionAsasociologicalconstruct,theChineseconceptoffaceisdifficulttodefine.ThefamouswriterandtranslatorLinYutang(1895–1976)evenwentsofarastosa
5、ythat“facecannotbetranslatedordefined.”Hedidhowevercharacterizeditas“Abstractandintangible,itisyetthemostdelicatestandardbywhichChinesesocialintercourseisregulated.”WESTERNFACEUnlike“Westernface”–whichismoreself-orientedandindividualistic—Chinesefaceismo
6、reother-directedandrelational.Asageneralsociologicalstatement,Westernculturestendtofocusontheindividualasanindependent,self-reliantbeing.Inraisingchildren,thefocusisonhelpingthemdevelopastrongsenseofpersonalintegrityandindividuality.CHINESEFACEIncontrast
7、,forsome4,000years,Chineseculturehasdownplayedconceptoftheindividual—insteademphasizingthesupremacyofthefamilyandgroup.Itwasallaboutbringinghonortoyourclan.Withtheemphasisonthecollective,thesenseofselfblurredsomuchthatitpracticallydidn'texist.Infact,indi
8、vidualismwasseenasimmoral.FaceHavingfaceTheconceptoffacecanbelooselydescribedassomeone′ssocialstatusorreputationintheeyeofothers.ThroughoutaChineseperson′slifeitmustbemaintainedandenhancedthroughgivingtoandreceivingfromoth
