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1、中国文化介绍1.WhatisCultureDefinition?•Someconceiveofcultureasseparatinghumansfromnon-humans.•Somedefineitascommunicableknowledge.•Someasthesumofhistoricalachievementsproducedbyman’ssociallife.•Inaword:cultureislearned,shared,andtransmittedfromthegenerationtothenext.2.ChineseCulture
2、OverviewBriefContents•1.ChineseReligionandPhilosophy:Confucianism,TaoismandBuddhism•2.Modernbusinessculture&etiquette.•3.Chinesecuisine.•4.Chineseartsandcrafts:Painting,operas,embroidery,chinaandmartialartsReligionandPhilosophyChinahasanapproximately4100-yearrecordedhistory.(F
3、romtheendlessprimevalperiod,around2,100B.C.)Confucianism,TaoismandBuddhismarethethreegreatthoughts.MostsocialvaluesarederivedfromConfucianism,TaoismandBuddhism.1.ConfucianismConfucianism(儒家;pinyin:Rújiā)isaChineseethicalandphilosophicalsystemdevelopedfromtheteachingsofConfuciu
4、s(KǒngFūzǐ,lit."MasterKong",551–478BC).Itisacomplexsystemofmoral,social,political,philosophical,andquasi-religiousthoughtthathashadtremendousinfluenceonthecultureandhistoryofEastAsia.2.TeachingsofConfucianismRen仁(benevolence,love)&Li礼(rites)---respectforthesystemofsocialhierar
5、chy.ThebasicclouofConfucianismstressestheimportanceoftheindividualmoraldevelopment,sothatthestatecanbegovernedbymoralvirtueratherthanbythelaws.Goldenmean(philosophy):thefelicitousmiddlebetweentheextremesofexcessanddeficiency“Ridthetwoends,takethemiddleone.”Relationshipsarecent
6、raltoConfucianism.Particulardutiesarisefromone'sspecialsituationinrelationtoothers.TaoismLaozi(老子;pinyin:Lǎozǐ;)wasaphilosopherofChinaaround6thcenturyB.C.andisacentralfigureinTaoism.Laoziliterallymeans"OldMaster"andisgenerallyconsideredanhonorific.TaoismistheChinesereligionwhi
7、chbelievesinghostsandspirits.Itemphasizedcooperationwiththenaturalforces.TeachingsofTaoismWuwei(无为; pinyin:wúwéi)isacentralconceptinTaoism.Theliteralmeaningofwuweiis"withoutaction".Itisoftenexpressedbytheparadoxweiwuwei,meaning"actionwithoutaction"or"effortlessdoing".1.3Buddhi
8、smBuddhismisareligionandphilosophyencompassingavarietyoftradi