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1、TheDifferencesbetweenChineseValueandWesternValueValueisacriterionwhichcanhelppeopletodistinguishgoodandbad,beautyandugliness,rightandwrongandtrueandfalse.Valuevariesfromdifferentcounties,whichisthemaincauseoftheconflictandmisunderstandingincommunicationbetweenChinaandwest
2、erncountries.Itisofgreatsignificancetoknowandlearntheculturaldifferencesincross-culturalcommunication.Therefore,Iwanttointroducethereasonswhythesedifferencesareformedandthenexplaintheminseveralaspects.ReasonsWiththeemergenceanddevelopmentofdifferentcountriesandcultures,tw
3、omainreasonsaffecttheformationofvalue:1.Developmentofhistory2.Thinkingpattern ChinahasalonghistoryandtheruleofthefeudalclasshasdominatedChinaforabouttwothousandyears,whichhasdirectinfluenceonourvaluesysteminthemodernsociety.ModernChinesepeoplearestillcomplianttoauthoritie
4、s,respecttheseniorandemphasizethestateof“keepingyourplace”.Onthecontrary,inthe1800s,theBritishbourgeoisieoverthrewthefeudalruleandestablishedacapitalistsociety.What’smore,theindustrialrevolutiongreatlyenhancedpeople'smaterialstandardoflivingandliberatedpeople’smindscomple
5、tely.Thedemocracyofcapitalismgraduallyprevailedinwesternsocieties.Westernersadvocateindividualism,longsforlibertyandequality.ThesedifferencesinhistoricalenvironmentmakeChineseandwesternperceptionsofindividualdiffergreatlyfromeachother.Thinkingpatternsaredominatedbynationa
6、lphilosophy.Confucianism,TaoismandBuddhismhavegreatinfluenceonthethinkingpatternsofChinesepeople.Sincethesethreekindsofphilosophyallattachgreatsignificancetoperception,Chinesepeopleareimplicitandeuphemistic.Onthispoint,westernersarejusttheotherwayaround.Thebackgroundsofph
7、ilosophyinwesterncountriesareAristotelianformallogicandrationalismwhichhasbeenprevalentinEuropefromthe1700stothe1900s.Rationalismpaysspecialattentiontoformaldiscussion,sowesternersareoutgoingandlogical.ValueIntheprocessofdevelopment,Chinaandwesterncountriesformdifferentva
8、lues,whicharereflectedinmanyaspects.ThinkingPatternsWesternvaluestressesindividualism.AsJohnLock
