The Comparison of Chinese and Western Cultures from the Perspective of Chinese Culture “Going Global”: With Confucius and Socrates’ Thoughts as Examples

Chinese culture “going global” is an inevitable requirement for China’s economic and social development.As an important part of Chinese traditional culture,the dissemination of Confucian thought is just the spread of Chinese culture.Therefore,the spread of Chinese Confucian thought abroad is also the key to Chinese culture “going global”.However,there are some cultural hinders between China and the West due to the differences in cultures.On the basis of summarizing Confucius and Socrates’ thoughts,this paper analyzes their essence of thoughts by contrast,which represent the eastern and Western cultures respectively.From the perspective of cross-cultural communication,the paper adopts the methods of multiculturalism,criticism and down-to-earth attitudes to deal with Chinese and Western cultures in order to make Chinese go global and share China’s wisdom with the world.

The Conflict between Chinese and Western Cultures in the Process of Globalization and the Adjustment

Along with the globalization,all fields in the society are making a very broad,profound epochal change.Globalization has developed its own outstanding cultural characteristics in the development,and simultaneously the social and cultural influences from the era of globalization are also very significant.Because of globalization,the conflict between Chinese and western cultures widely emerge,which has been reflected obviously from different levels.Thus,it is imperative to adjust Chinese and western cultures in the process of globalization.

Analysis of the Differences between Chinese and Western Culture from Love Literature

Love is an eternal theme of world literature.Both the ancient and the modern literature tend to take marriage and love as their paramount theme;however,there is rarely any research sorting out these themes from the perspective of cultural difference.Being engaged in exploring the love literature,this paper intends to make a comparison with Chinese and western perspectives of love and analyzes the embodied culture essences and differences from the comparative researches on their literary status,attitudes towards love,and the choice of themes.

The Differences of Expressing Love between Western and Chinese Culture

Cultures are different between western countries and China,and people's ways of expressing their love are also different.Thes edifferences badly influence well communication between lovers and family members.By comparing the different ways of expressing love between western people and Chinese,this paper tries to make readers deeply recognize and make use of the differences of expressing love.

Different Symbolic Meaning of Color in Chinese and Western Cultures

Colors are embodied with different meanings and symbols in different countries. Not only should we understand their basic and literal meanings, but also we should focus on their deep contents in symbolic meanings, because their symbolic meanings vary from culture to culture. The differences in the symbol of colors are due to different cultures and history backgrounds as well as aesthetic psychology. This paper, mainly based on the Chinese and western culture, approaches the symbols of colors represented in the two different cultures through analyzing the different understanding of colors, which can help us understand culture difference in colors better during intercultural communication.

Cultivate Talents with Both Noble Qualities and Knowledge of Chinese and Western Culture——Exclusive Interview with Professor Yin Meiqun, Dean of the Business School of Beijing International Studies University

Although it was frigid outside mid-winter, classrooms in the Business School of Beijing International Studies University are still as warm as spring,because of the passionate teachers and students. Professors were conducting lectures in English, as the students listen carefully and occasionally answered the questions posed in fluent English.If hearing their voices only, audiences might easily mistake that they were in a university in an English-speaking country.'

The Special Meaning of Color Words in Chinese and Western Culture

In Chinese and western culture,color words are both as many as the sands in the Ganges river and stars in the blue sky.And its meanings have something in common and also something that is different.To find out the same points and differentias and to avoid mistakes in intercommunication,the writer will analysis the meanings of some main color words and makes an explain for the differences from the aspect of culture between Chinese and western countries by the means of comparison and analysis.After the analysis,the writer discovers that the meanings of the colors are basically different except the purple,and which are deeply affected by their each culture.And the meanings of them would change in the situation of intercommunication.Therefore,we should use these words properly.

The Analysis of Chinese and Western Culture from“niu”and“Cattle”Proverbs

As a carrier of languages, proverbs play a profound role in the diversity of language. There existed many proverbs relatedto cattle in Chinese and English. However, the metaphors for cattle are quite different in the two languages. Through literature re-search method, it is aimed to compare and explore the main symbols of cattle in the two languages and analyze some fundamentalreasons accounting for this similarities and differences.

The Yearning Words-A Mirror of Culture between Chinese and Western Countries

During the long-term human development, the formation of the language has its own national characteristics. Language is a human specific symbol system, cultural ruby and one of the most important carriers of culture. The production, economic life, geography, religion, and so on are reflected in the language. Love is eternal topic and love words have very deep rich cultural implication. For thousands of years, people praise beautiful love and affection . This paper will take love words for example to look into Chinese and Western cultural characteristics.

Chinese Culture in ELT Classroom—The Influence of Chinese Culture on Students' Answering Questions

Based on personal observation and students’ self-reports, this article studies the characteristics presented by students in answering questions. It is found that Chinese culture plays an important part in explaining their specific behaviors. Hence, in order to lessen the negative effect of it, the author offers her own suggestions.

The Importance of Adopting Leadership Concepts inCommunicating Medicinal Culture of Chinese Medicine in theWestern World

Cultures are beliefs, knowledge, and languages people use to communicate with others. In the same rationale, the communication betweenChinese and Western medicinal cultures is the communication between two medicinal beliefs, knowledge, and languages. In this article,the key components of Chinese and Western cultures will be discussed to lay the foundations for better communication of TraditionalChinese Medicine (TCM) in the Western world. Besides the discussion of similarities and differences between the two cultures, the potentialof being complementary to each other in practices will be explored. Moreover, in this article, using key leadership skills to enable bettercommunication and practices of TCM in the Western world will be examined as well.

On the Cultural＂Other＂and＂Self＂of Chinese Culture Going Abroad

Under the conditions of globalization,it is a m ission in the new era for C hinese culture going abroad.H ow ever,during the period of post-colonialism,w estern scholars have studied C hinese culture based on the w estern culture and values.As a result,C hinese culture has becom e cultural "other ". T hrough analyzing the cultural "other " and"self",the demonstration of Chinese culture from the perspective of post-colonialism proves not to be true.It is an inevitable choice for C hina's developm ent to m ake the C hinese culture go abroad and m ake an equal dialogue betw een C hinese and w estern cultures.

On Cultural Imagery of Chinese and Western Love

It is well-known that "butterfly or mandarin duck" is the cultural imagery of traditional Chinese love,while "Rose or chocolate" is the cultural imagery of traditional Western Love.Since the ancient times,the Chinese people have admired the pattern of butterfly or mandarin duck love-style,and Western people have admired the pattern of Rose or Chocolate love-style.The cultural imagery presents love value orientation of people from different countries.All these have been clarified based on the structure form,interpretation form and value form of cultural imagery.

A Brief Research on the Difference between Chinese and Western Rite in Communication Language

In this new century,China is being engaged in many affairs with western countries.In order to make our country become more and more developed,Chinese people have been learning from western countries,including their culture,their economy,their education,their life style,and so on.Rite is one of these important aspects.Because of different culture,there are a lot of difference between western rites and Chinese rites.This paper is written to illustrate it from one aspect: communication language rite.Literature review: Many scholars have written many books and articles to discuss it.They had a brief review about the importance of western rites and Chinese rites,and they did some comparison.Through these comparisons,they suggest that people should absorb advantages of Chinese rites and western rites and abandon their disadvantages.

On the Differences between Chinese and Western Culture in Color Words

There are sorts of color words that are used in all aspects of social life, which reflect cultural differences between Chinese and the Western. Through the analysis and discussion of the color words, we have a better understanding of the Chinese and the Western culture.

On the Family Relationship between Chinese Culture and Western Culture

People with different cultural background have different attitudes toward family relationship and will face many difficulties, obstacles,confusion, and depression while dealing with cultural shocks. This paper will mainly explore its nature of family relationship with examples between Chinese culture and Western culture including status, functions and social relationship of family.

Influence of Chinese and Western Culture on Modern Church Architecture in Yan’an Area

Based on the historical records and field investigation, this paper aims at elaborating the architectural styles, interior space design and architectural landscape of modern church architecture in Yan’an, analyzing the influence of Chinese and western culture on modern church architecture in Yan’an and expounding the historical and cultural value as church architecture, which will play a great role in the protection, inheritance and utilization of modern architecture in Yan’an area.

On the Connotations of Color Words in Chinese-Western Culture

Words about color are widely used in our daily life,for which great importance should be attached to the connotations embodied in cultures.Based on the diverse usages,this paper probes the difference,compares some examples and excavates the deep roots of the causes.

Analysis of Differences between Chinese and Western Sport Philosophy

China is a world＇s ancient civilization with a long history of five thousand years; meanwhile, it is also the headstream of sports culture. Chinese sports aim at building the body and self-cultivation. The movement structures of sports are mainly the simulation of all kinds of movement of animals, which are particular about static and dynamic equilibrium, firmness, and gentleness, getting refined internally and externally. The feature of Chinese sports is the unification of form and spirit. The pattern of Chinese sports is closely related with Chinese philosophy thought, and the constructed Chinese sports culture has become the essential part of Chinese traditional philosophy. Chinese sports have integrated fitness and aesthetic appreciation into one, which is the specific expression of Chinese traditional thought. However, western sports have integrated with western philosophy thought with strong athletic tint. The characteristic of western sports has a necessary connection with the ancient Greek thought. Ancient Greeks had realized that the relationship between human and the nature was not totally dependent with contrariety, so they thought only fighting with the nature could they survive. The origins of thought of Chinese and western sports cultures decide the differences between Chinese and western sports. The harmony of China and competition of the west can be both embodied in sports. This thesis will analyze the differences between Chinese and western sports philosophy.

The Difference between Western and Chinese Dietary Concepts and Its Cultural Connotations

As China's communication with western countries becomes more and more frequent, it is important to know the difference between Chinese and western dietary customs, which is essential in our daily life. Knowing the differences in Chinese and western dietary cultures and understanding them from a cultural perspective will be helpful for our cross-cultural communications. This paper mainly deals with the difference between Chinese and western dietary concepts and the culture connotations hidden behind.