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1、TheDifferencesbetweenChineseValueandWesternValueValueisacriterionwhichcanhelppeopletodistinguishgoodandbad,beautyandugliness,rightandwrongandtrueandfalse.Valuevariesfromdifferentcounties,whichisthemaincauseoftheconflictandmisunderstandingincommunicati
2、onbetweenChinaandwesterncountries.Itisofgreatsignificancetoknowandlearntheculturaldifferencesincross-culturalcommunication.Therefore,Iwanttointroducethereasonswhythesedifferencesareformedandthenexplaintheminseveralaspects.ReasonsWiththeemergenceanddev
3、elopmentofdifferentcountriesandcultures,twomainreasonsaffecttheformationofvalue:1.Developmentofhistory2.Thinkingpattern ChinahasalonghistoryandtheruleofthefeudalclasshasdominatedChinaforabouttwothousandyears,whichhasdirectinfluenceonourvaluesysteminth
4、emodernsociety.ModernChinesepeoplearestillcomplianttoauthorities,respecttheseniorandemphasizethestateof“keepingyourplace”.Onthecontrary,inthe1800s,theBritishbourgeoisieoverthrewthefeudalruleandestablishedacapitalistsociety.What’smore,theindustrialrevo
5、lutiongreatlyenhancedpeople'smaterialstandardoflivingandliberatedpeople’smindscompletely.Thedemocracyofcapitalismgraduallyprevailedinwesternsocieties.Westernersadvocateindividualism,longsforlibertyandequality.Thesedifferencesinhistoricalenvironmentmak
6、eChineseandwesternperceptionsofindividualdiffergreatlyfromeachother.Thinkingpatternsaredominatedbynationalphilosophy.Confucianism,TaoismandBuddhismhavegreatinfluenceonthethinkingpatternsofChinesepeople.Sincethesethreekindsofphilosophyallattachgreatsig
7、nificancetoperception,Chinesepeopleareimplicitandeuphemistic.Onthispoint,westernersarejusttheotherwayaround.ThebackgroundsofphilosophyinwesterncountriesareAristotelianformallogicandrationalismwhichhasbeenprevalentinEuropefromthe1700stothe1900s.Rationa
8、lismpaysspecialattentiontoformaldiscussion,sowesternersareoutgoingandlogical.ValueIntheprocessofdevelopment,Chinaandwesterncountriesformdifferentvalues,whicharereflectedinmanyaspects.ThinkingPatternsWesternvaluestressesindividualism.AsJohnLock
