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Foreword1

Part ⅠEast and West2

Unit 1Why Contrasting Chinese and Western Cultures？2

Ⅰ Ancient Civilizations and Cultures2

Ⅱ Cross-cultural Comparative Studies in China4

Ⅲ Imperatives for Contrasting Chinese and Western Cultures7

Ⅳ Key Concepts11

Unit 2Traditional Characteristics of Chinese and Western Cultures14

Ⅰ “There Are All Kinds of Birds When a Forest Gets Large”15

Ⅱ Traditional Chinese Cultural Characteristics17

Ⅲ Traditional Western Cultural Characteristics24

Unit 3Affinities Across Cultures29

Ⅰ An Unexpected Affinity30

Ⅱ Reading for More Cultural Affinities30

Ⅲ Key Concepts38

Part ⅡCultural Differences in Silent Languages43

Unit 4Time43

Ⅰ Time in China and the West44

Ⅱ Two Time Modes48

Ⅲ Past-oriented Societies vs.Future-oriented Societies54

Ⅳ Two Time Orientations57

Unit 5Space61

Ⅰ Spatial Language62

Ⅱ Spatial Language and Culture65

Ⅲ Spatial Language and Life71

Ⅳ Changes We Cannot Afford73

Unit 6Smiles,Nods and Silence75

Ⅰ Smiles75

Ⅱ Nods80

Ⅲ Silence82

Part ⅢCultural Differences in Thinking89

Unit 7Intuitive vs.Logical Thinking89

Ⅰ Definitions of Intuitive and Logical Thinking89

Ⅱ Philosophy and Thinking90

Ⅲ Application of Two Thinking Modes94

Ⅳ Impact of Thinking Modes on Writings98

Ⅴ Logic in China and Intuition in the West100

Unit 8Dialectical vs.Analytical Reasoning104

Ⅰ Proverb Preferences Across Cultures104

Ⅱ Dialectical Reasoning105

Ⅲ Analytical Reasoning109

Ⅳ More About Two Reasoning Modes113

Unit 9Holistic vs.Atomistic Visions116

Ⅰ A Detention Room Incident116

Ⅱ Prominent Attributes of Holistic and Atomistic Visions117

Ⅲ Vision and Cognition122

Ⅳ Vision and Language123

Ⅴ Zhengshan Xiaozhong and Lipton Black Tea128

Unit 10Categorizing Objects by Relationships vs.by Attributes131

Ⅰ Two Ways to Categorize One Person132

Ⅱ Principles to Categorize Objects133

Ⅲ How to Categorize Objects and Why135

Ⅳ Impacts of Different Ways of Categorization137

Ⅴ Causal Attribution Differences Arising out of Different Categorization Ways140

Unit 11Non-controllers vs.Controllers143

Ⅰ Too Early to Tell144

Ⅱ Why So Different Stances Towards Life？144

Ⅲ “Being”and“Doing”Cultures149

Ⅳ Manifestations of“Being”Culture and“Doing”Culture153

Part ⅣDifferent Cultural Orientations160

Unit 12The Introvert-oriented vs.the Extrovert-oriented160

Ⅰ Personality Types160

Ⅱ Personality Types of Cultures162

Ⅲ Effects of Personality Types on Pattern Preferences166

Ⅳ A Contrast of Cultural Phenomena171

Ⅴ The Trend of the Introvert-oriented Culture175

Unit 13Collectivism vs.Individualism177

Ⅰ An Embarrassing Habit177

Ⅱ Collectivism and Individualism as Cultural Orientations179

Ⅲ Collectivism and Individualism in Cultural Anthropology183

Ⅳ Collectivist and Individualist Perspectives of“Self”185

Ⅴ Interdependence vs.Independence189

Unit 14Femininity vs.Masculinity193

Ⅰ Gender Traits193

Ⅱ Feminine Chinese Culture195

Ⅲ Masculine Western Culture201

Ⅳ Why So Different？205

Ⅴ The Trend of Cultures and Its Potential Impact208

Unit 15Advocacy of Jing vs.Dong211

Ⅰ Introduction to Two Concepts211

Ⅱ Jing Advocacy of China213

Ⅲ Dong Advocacy of the West221

Ⅳ Differences and Discomforts225

Unit 16Implicitness vs.Explicitness229

Ⅰ “Half a Story”229

Ⅱ Implicitness and Explicitness of Language231

Ⅲ Implicit Chinese234

Ⅳ Explicit Westerners241

Ⅴ High Context vs.Low Context244

Ⅵ “Chicken and Duck Talk”247

Part ⅤDifferent Cultural Standards253

Unit 17Peace vs.Conflict253

Ⅰ Great Names and Different Cultural Standards253

Ⅱ External Factors and Cultural Standards258

Ⅲ Cultural Standards and Their Unique Products260

Ⅳ Better Ways to Know Each Other265

Unit 18Egalitarian and Inegalitarian Distribution268

Ⅰ Hate-the-rich Mentality268

Ⅱ Chinese-style Egalitarianism269

Ⅲ Western-style Inegalitarianism272

Ⅳ Egalitarianism and Inegalitarianism in China and the West274

Unit 19Good vs.Evil Human Nature279

Ⅰ Key Concepts280

Ⅱ Human Nature and Education281

Ⅲ Theorization of Assumptions About Human Nature283

Ⅳ Human Nature Theories and the Rule of Ethics vs.Law288

Unit 20Rule of Individuals vs.Rule of Law290

Ⅰ An Unexpected Complaint290

Ⅱ Rule of Individuals in Traditional Chinese Thought291

Ⅲ Rule of Law in Western Thought296

Ⅳ Rule of Law in China300

Bibliography305