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1、ChineseWuxiaCultureVSAmericanCowboyCultureAbstract:ReflectingtheinterpretationofheroinChinaandAmerica,ChineseWuxiaandAmericancowboycultureareoftencompared.AndjustaswhatWuxiaistoChineseculture,cowboycultureplaysanindispensablepartofAmericanculture.Thisartic
2、leisgoingtomakeanintroductiontothosetwoculturesandnotonlytofindthedifferencesandsimilaritiesbetweenthesetwofiguresbutalsoanalyzetheculturalmeaningbehindthosepheromone.KeyWords:ChineseWuxiaCulture,AmericanCowboyCulture,Hero,CulturalDifferencesandSimilaritie
3、s,Ⅰ.ChineseWuxiaCultureBeingaffectedbythe"Confucianculture”,thetraditionalculturalessenceofChinesenationisalwaysknownas"benevolence”.Whilethatdoesn'tpreventChinesepeoplefromadmiringherowithmatchlesskungFuandchivalriccharacter,whichiscompletelyreflectedinth
4、epopularityofWuxia.Wuxiastorieshavetheirrootsinsomeearlyyouxia(游侠)storiesfrom300–200BC.Theword"wuxia"isacompoundwordcomposedofthewordswu,whichmeans"martial","military",or"armed"andxia,meaning"honorable","chivalrous",or"hero".Amartialartistwhofollowsthecode
5、ofXiaisoftenreferredtoasaxiakeoryouxia.InancientChina,peopleconsider"wu"animportantqualityoftalents.Studentsareacquiredtomasterthe"sixarts"knownas"rites”,”music","archery”,"charioteering","calligraphy"and"mathematics",twoofwhicharebelongedtothe"Wu"culture.
6、Itwascommonformalestopracticingmartialartsincechildhood.WhileastheConfucianculturemakeitsdominatepositioninHanDynasty,theupperclassgraduallyregard"wu"asymbolofrudeanduncivilized.Inthefamous<>SiMaqiandescribed"youxia"assomeonewhodonotobey
7、rules.However,sinceChinesepoliticalsystemdecidedthehardshipofcommonpeopleandtheycannotfindawaytosavethemselvesinmostsituations,Wuxiabecomessomekindoftheirspiritualsustenance.Poorpeopletoldstoriesabout"xiake”,hopingtheywillbesavedsomeday.Wuxiafictionthenbec
8、omespopular.Thecodeofxiaiscomposedoftwomainvirtues.Yi(righteousness)andxin(honor).Thecodealsoemphasizestheimportanceofrepayingbenefactorsafterhavingreceiveddeedsofgraceorfavorfromothers,aswellasseekingvengean