从谚语看中西文化偶合现象

Similar Idioms in English and Chinese Reflect Culture's Coincidence

在谈到中西文化的时候,人们往往想到的是它们之间的差异,中西文化在各个层面上的差异也被许多学者探讨过。然而,中西文化比较的前提是两者应具有可比性,即他们之间的某些相似之处。因此,深入到文化的内核,通过中西谚语、成语能够透视到中西文化的偶合现象。

While considering the depth of culture, namely things related to values, ways of thinking, aesthetic attitudes, morals, believes and ethical psychology, we find that there exist similarities between eastern and western culture. The paper intends to show the coincidence of the two cultures.