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1、AsiaEuropeJournal(2003)1:43–59ASIAEUROPEJOURNALÓSpringer-Verlag2003DotraditionalvaluesstillexistinmodernChinesesocieties?ThecaseofSingaporeandChina*LeeCheukYinDepartmentofChineseStudies,NationalUniversityofSingapore,5,ArtsLink,Singapore117570(e-mail:chsleecy
2、@nus.edu.sg)AbstractThestellareconomicperformanceoftheAsia-Pacificregioninthe90sledmanyscholarstocreditConfucianismastheimpetusforitprovidedtheculturalbackgroundconduciveforentrepreneursofthisregiontoexcel.Someevenbelievedthata‘‘ConfucianRevival’’isathandandh
3、aveproposedthe21stcenturytobethe‘‘ConfucianCentury’’.Althoughthecausesofeconomicgrowthandsuccessarecomplexandlikelytovaryfromonecountrytoanother,thesignificanceofculturehasbeenemphasized.HicksandRedding(1983)commented,‘‘astherearewelloverahundreddevelopingcou
4、ntries,thealmostperfectcorrelationbetweenChineseheritageandeconomicsuccesscouldhardlybeduetochance.’’AnotherstudybyGordonRedding(1990)onthespiritofChinesecapitalismsuggestedastronglinkbetweenConfucianvaluesandmodernoverseasChinesebusinessenterprises.However,
5、whenthesameregiontriggeredaglobaleconomiccrisisafewyearsago,fingerswerealsopointedatConfucianism,namingitastheculpritbehindthedownfallofChineseentrepreneurship.Further,peopleoftenlooselyrefertoConfucianismorAsianValueswhenanalyzingfactorsrelevanttotheeconomya
6、ndsocialmatters.Theydosowithoutfirstsynthesizingthesystemofthoughtuponwhichtheybasetheirclaims,therebyweakeningtheirarguments.Moreover,studiesonChinesevaluesarecertainlyinsufficientifnotmisconstruedbyscholarswithnoChinesebackground.HowthendoesConfucianisminflue
7、nceAsiancountries?DoChinesevaluesstillexistinmodernChinesesocieties?Usingquantificationaltoolstosupportourthesis,thiscomparativestudyattemptstoinvestigatewhetherConfucianismortraditionalChinesevaluesstillplayedanimportantroleinshapingthemindandattitudeofmoder
8、nChineseinSingaporeandChina.*Partofthispaperisbasedonthefindingofaresearchprojectentitled‘‘ChineseLeadershipandManagementPractices–AcomparativestudyofChinesemerchantcultureinSingapore,Malaysiaand
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