中西思维方式比较——以茶与咖啡两种文化为例

Tea and Coffee:The Comparison of the Chinese-Western Way of Thinking

思维方式的差异是造成文化差异的一个重要原因,中西不同的思维方式导致了文化的不同,如茶与咖啡在理念与行为方式的差异,了解这两种文化背后所隐含的思维方式差异有助于我们真正理解茶文化和咖啡文化。茶文化背后所隐藏的思维方式是一种整体性、过程性、关联性和直觉体悟式思维,茶作为文化的载体超越了其自然属性,成为一种承载中国传统道德理想和精神境界的一个重要介质。而西方的咖啡文化体现的是一种二元性、线性和逻辑性思维,咖啡作为一种对象性的物质被进行科学的、理性的探究并加以消费,较少作为一种价值承载的中介。

Differences in ways of thinking are the important causes of cultural differences, and the differences between tea cul- ture and coffee culture may be due to the different Chinese and Western ways of thinking. It is a good way for us to understand the culture of tea and coffee by exploring the different ways of thinking that behind the Chinese and Western cultures. The tea culture represents a holistic, processual, relational and intuitive thinking, as tea transcends its natural attributes and becomes a carrier of Chinese traditional moral and spiritual ideals; while the Western coffee culture manifests a binary, linear and logical thinking, and coffee is considered as an object to be researched and used scientifically and rationally, and itself seldom be taken as a intermediary for value bearer.