从《金瓶梅词话》包蕴的文化理念审视中西方文化的差异

Cultural Concepts in Plum in the Gold Vase: Their Differences with Those of the West

《金瓶梅词话》所反映出来的天命观、人伦观、价值观具有独特的民族文化特色。其天人合一、因果报应的观念有别于西方文化追求彼岸幸福的天命观;以血缘、孝道为主的家庭伦理观迥异于西方文化的自我实现的人伦观;民族文化重本抑末、读书作官的价值观,不同于西方文化以功利为目标的财富观。文化的差异是由不同民族社会经济结构的差异所致。

Plum in the Gold Vase, the first novel written entirely by an individual author in China probably in the late 16th century, reveals such ideas as fatalism, retribution, filial obedience, agriculture as the top priority over industry and commerce, and learning to become officials, values quite different from those of the West.