What are the essential differences between Eastern and Western cultures?

Western culture is a blind man touching the elephant, touching **is**, you find a theory, he finds a theorem, this theory can only be verified by practice, if this reality is only one-sided, the theory will be wrong and no one knows. Western culture only sees the part, there is no overall concept, and the highest is relativism, idealism and materialism, which contradict each other. Oriental culture emphasizes the whole and long-term, which sees the power of reincarnation cycle and balance, because the oriental civilization pays attention to the overall situation and long-term, so many local and short-term theories are corrected and summed, and finally the general outline of the idea is that things have been changing and developing, and they cannot be taken out of context and stuck to the dead rules, but they must conform to the favorable time, place and people, so that the avenue is unified, the heaven and man are one, and all things return to their origins.

However, regardless of the time and place, whether comprehensive and long-term, as soon as a phenomenon is discovered and a result is counted, it means that it will always be correct and does not think that there are other changes.

The economic values established by the West regard money as a "tool" of human beings as the mainstream value, while the Chinese value regards "self-cultivation and unity to govern the country and level the world" as a mainstream value, which is a good value in line with human development. Of course, I think most people don't pay attention to traditional culture at present, although you teachers are saying it, but the mainstream ** no longer promotes traditional culture, and there is no strong deep-rooted concept of what traditional culture says. The rhetoric on all sides is relatively scattered.

Many people say that we Chinese lack faith. I think many people don't know what faith is. How to implement the broad and profound Chinese culture so that people can read and understand.

It takes a lot of effort to be able to combine it with real life.

The definition of human attributes in Chinese and Western cultures. In Western culture, there are 9 types of human beings. The so-called Type 9 personality.

Chinese culture believes that human beings are divided into saints, sages, ordinary people and fools. The definition of team attributes in Chinese and Western cultures. In Western culture, Drucker sees the enterprise as an organization, and the team as a part of the organization (such as an organ).

And then there's a team quality model in Western culture. The team quality model is divided into 9 types, and a person generally has more than 3 types, these nine types are: innovator, resource investigator, coordinator, stylist, commentator, cohesion, doer, good starter, expert, the definition of team attributes in China is the story of Liu Bang's team and Tang Seng's team.

Pay attention to the perfect coordination of leaders, strategists and soldiers.

The church, the study of the Bible, and the propagation of the Bible, are the main body of traditional Western culture. On weekends, Westerners will consciously and voluntarily go to churches large and small to study and study the Bible. Playing mahjong is the main body of Chinese culture, and every weekend, thousands of families and many people are playing mahjong.

Square dancing is an emerging outdoor sports activity for middle-aged and elderly people, and it should be said that it is also one of the most unique Chinese cultures in the world.

The difference between Eastern and Western cultures is, in essence, a difference between man-made logic and natural logic.

Cultures arise in different contexts and from different roots. Oriental culture takes Chinese culture as the core and forms a Chinese cultural circle, and even Indian culture is in the process of historical development. They must be integrated into the Chinese cultural circle in order to fully preserve and develop their culture.

Such as Tang Xuanzang's "Tang Dynasty Western Regions" and Buddhist culture. The former, Chinese culture has helped India preserve its history. The latter is Chinese culture.

It has helped Indian Buddhist culture to continue the lineage and develop it.

The difference between Chinese and Western philosophies is, first of all, different angles of looking at problems, different starting points, Chinese philosophy starts from "the unity of heaven and man", and Western philosophy starts from "the separation of heaven and man". Western philosophy, on the other hand, chooses to consider the problem from the perspective of opposites, and advocates starting from different points. Secondly, due to the different angles of looking at problems, which leads to different ways of dealing with problems, Chinese philosophy uses dialectical thinking, looking at problems in two parts, dealing with problems in one, and advocating a good balance in the dynamic of change, that is, the golden mean. Emphasizing "harmony and difference", facing up to each other's differences, but not absoluteizing differences, let alone pursuing homogeneity, "all things are cultivated together without harming each other, and the Tao is parallel but not contradictory".

The difference between Chinese and Western culture lies in humanism and the strong and the weak. The difference itself comes from the difference in visual height. Chinese culture looks at problems from the perspective of all mankind. Western culture, on the other hand, is focused on its own interests and the survival of its own tribe.

Western characteristics such as artificial, partially static, inhumane and irregular, are the characteristics of Western culture. Traditional Chinese culture is precisely the opposite of the West.

The East seeks flatness, but it must produce a cultural and creative logo! The West seeks individuality, and also seeks cultural and creative logos! Signs that do not conform to the mood of the global people will be demolished!

There's a lot of cultural and artistic processing to do! The state does not want to do it! Weak individuals in the private sector can only seek Ma Yun with strength and influence!

How imaginative is extraordinary! Energetic and quick-witted! Good at grasping the big and letting go of the small, good at activating wisdom!

The degree of retraction and release is naturally formed! I like Jack Ma the most! I hope that through him, the cultural and creative logo will be successful and win the world!

Oriental culture emphasizes literature and history, and Western culture emphasizes science and engineering!

The difference between an agrarian civilization and a nomadic civilization.

Western culture, led by the United Kingdom, kills all civilizations in seconds, and it is enough to explain everything by creating modern civilization.

One is rational and one is emotional, one man thinks and one woman thinks.

Oriental culture picks up girls by coaxing, and Western culture picks girls rely on practice.

Western culture is more about war and violence, while Chinese culture is more about economy and harmony.

This topic is a bit big, and it can be said for three days and three nights. Later, he simply set up a major in the university: comparative literature, which is actually to compare the differences between Chinese and Western cultures back and forth to find their commonalities. The average person has no interest and patience, only professionals have the patience .......

1. The difference between tableware: Chinese like to use chopsticks, while Westerners like to use knives and forks.

2. Differences in thinking styles: Chinese think more abstractly, while Westerners are more concrete.

3. Differences in life attitudes: Chinese pay more attention to spiritual feelings, while Westerners pay attention to practicality.

Chinese pay attention to form, Westerners pay attention to content.

Chinese attach importance to morality and feelings; Westerners value efficacy and reason.

4. Differences in the treatment of patients: Orientals think that the patient is the center, and relatives and friends do not visit and lack compassion; Westerners believe that patients need to be left alone, and visiting is considered to be a group examination.

5. Emphasizing the difference in relationship: Oriental people emphasize the collective of "we"; Westerners emphasize the relationship between "me and you".

6. Differences in eating attitudes: Oriental people eat art: they require color, fragrance and taste; Westerners pay attention to the science of eating: they like to eat raw (nutritionally complete).

Chinese often sit around the table as a family and take what they need from the whole table; Westerners, on the other hand, divide the food into small portions in advance, one for each person, and eat their own food, which is not related to each other.

Chinese have a holistic mind, while Westerners have an individual consciousness.

7. Differences in the expression of love: Orientals are behavior-oriented, while Westerners are language-based.

8. Differences in privacy perceptions: Westerners are averse to asking and disseminating other people's privacy, such as age, income, sex life, etc.

But Oriental people have an inexplicable interest in personal privacy.

9. Differences in consumption outlook.

Westerners advocate living for themselves, living for today, and daring to take out loans to consume ahead of time; Orientals advocate keeping money in the bank, living for the next generation, and saving money for their children to buy a house.

10. Differences in the concept of competition: Chinese culture emphasizes the golden mean, which is too much and values harmony; Western culture, on the other hand, advocates competition, emphasizing business warfare to defeat opponents and win their own development.

The differences between Eastern and Western etiquette lie in the following six aspects: treatment of blood kinship, gifts, attitude towards the "old", concept of time, and treatment of privacy.

1. Treat blood kinship:

Orientals value family and blood ties. Westerners have a strong sense of independence and value the relationship of interests.

2. Form of expression:

Western etiquette emphasizes practicality, straightforward and honest expression, and often uses "thank you" to express acceptance of the other party's good intentions in the face of sincere praise or praise from others; Oriental people take "let" as a courtesy, and everything must be polite and give three points.

3. Gifts:

Oriental people's interpersonal communication pays special attention to etiquette, attaches importance to courtesy, and uses etiquette as a medium and bridge for interpersonal communication. Westerners generally don't give gifts to others easily.

4. Attitude towards the "old":

Oriental etiquette generally gives preference to the elderly and the venerable. Western etiquette advocates freedom and equality.

5. The concept of time:

Westerners have a strong sense of time, pay attention to efficiency, and do not change the agreed time at will. Oriental people use time more casually, and the concept of time is relatively indifferent.

6. Treat privacy:

Western etiquette emphasizes individual freedom and regards the dignity of the individual as sacrosanct. Oriental people pay attention to common ownership, emphasize the group, emphasize the harmony of interpersonal relations, and the mutual care between neighbors, which is a manifestation of human feelings.