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1、TheChoiceofValuesandtheDevelopmentofChineseCultureAbstract:Values,insomesense,canbeconsideredasculturalnormswhicharedeeplyrootedinone'sheartandrepresentedbyone'sbehaviours.DuringthedevelopmentofChineseculture,thetraditionalvaluesofChinesepeoplehavewitn
2、essedcertainchangeswhichhaveexertedgreatinfluencesonChineseculture.ThearticlewillfocusonhowChinesecorevalue'schangesinfluencetheculturedevelopment.What'smore,itwillalsoattachsomeattentiontothecontrastiveculturaldifferencesbetweenChinaandthewestunderthe
3、influenceofdifferentvalues.Keywords:individualism,democracy,communitarianism,collectivismValuesaredeeplyheldbeliefs-usuallybasedonculturaltraditions,long-heldfamilyandreligiousteachingsandlong-lastingmemoriesofpersonalexperiences.Culturesarecreatedbyhu
4、mansasawhole,representingthechoiceofcorevaluesofthemajority.Values,insomesenses,canberegardedastobethenormsofaculture.Differentvaluesrepresentsdifferentsocialnorms,thusdifferentcultures.China,acountrywithfive-thousand-oddhistory,hasasplendidculture.Fro
5、mitstraditionalculturetillnowmodernculture,thechangesofcoresocialvalueshaveplayedagreatpartinthedevelopmentofChineseculture.Chinaisagreatorientalcountryidentifiedwithdeepcollectivism.ThetraditionalChinesethinkershavealwayspursuedapersonalityofsaints,wh
6、ichbringstheirpolitics,mentalitywithidealism.China'straditionhasalwaysvaluedstatecraft,whichdemandsthescholarsandotherpeopleasawholeputthesocialresponsibilityontheirshouldersandgivedueconcernstosocietyandpolitics.Asaresult,thevalues6concentratingonthew
7、holecountryandentiresociety,inotherwords,collectivismhasgivenbirthtoaculturebasedonsacrificeofindividualinterestsandmoreattentionaboveoveralldevelopment.Asweallknow,confucianismconformstosuchchoiceofvalues.That'swhyConfuciusculturehasgovernedancientChi
8、nadynastiesafterdynasties.Thevalueshasmanifesteditspowerovercultureinmanyways.TheTwokindsofChineseandWesterncultureinwhichcertainwordshaveadifferentcolorwithappraise.Suchas:ambitionworditselfhasJudgmentsintwokindsofmeaning.Chinesepeople