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1、CulturalDifferencesbetweentheEastandWestAsweallknow,thecultureintheeastandthatinthewestareverydifferent.Invaluejudgment,easternersholdthevalueofcollectivismwhilewesternersholdthevaluesofindividualism.Asthewayofthinking,westernpeoplethinkmoredirectly,buttheeasternpeoplemoreobliquely
2、.Sowhilesolveaproblem,westernerswouldsolveitinaquitedirectwaywhileeasternerswouldmorelikelytodetour.Meanwhile,easternerswouldshowtheiremotionsandopinioninamoretactfulwaythanwesternerswhoshowthenoutdirectly.Andformodeoflife,westernerspreferlivebytheirownwhileeasternerspreferliveingr
3、oups.Whentalkingaboutinterpersonalrelationship,westernershavemuchmoresimplyinterpersonalrelationshipthaneasterners.Therearestillmanydifferentaspectsintheculturebetweentheeastandthewest.Andamongallthese,thevalueofjudgmentisoneofthemostobviousandimportantdifferences.Itisknownthateast
4、ernersholdthevalueofcollectivismwhilewesternersthevaluesofindividualism.Thatistosay,ineast,oneshouldputcollectiveinterestsinthefirstplace.Thatisbecausetheybelieveonewouldnotexistwithoutnationality,society,familyorothercollective;sooneisfirstlyapersonincollectives,andthenheishimself
5、.Therefore,theviewofoneselfintheeastistiny.However,inwest,onewouldusuallypaymoreattentiontotherealizationofpersonalinterests,becauseintheirmind,thesocietiesareestablishedonindividual.So,unlikeeasterncountries,theviewofselfisgreatinwesterncountries.Inthepastyears,millionsofpeoplearg
6、uethatthecollectivismandindividualismwhichoneisbetter.Theyallhadtheirownpoints,andasforme,theyareallreasonable.Inonehand,anyoneofusislivinginthecollective,ononecanlivewithoutcollective;andasamemberofacollective,itisreasonableandnecessarytoattachimportancetothecongregateinterests.Bu
7、titdoesnotnecessarymeanthatweshouldgiveupallourrationalinterests,westillhavetherightstopursuethem.Onlywhenourowninterestagainstthecongregateone,shouldweputthecongregateoneinthefirstplace.Intheotherhand,itisrightfortheindividualismstresstheexpressionofindividuality,independence,libe
8、rty,competition,andself-ac