What are the differences between Chinese and foreign novels?

The West started relatively late compared to Eastern culture, but there are differences within them, such as Southern Europe and Northern Europe, Western Europe and Eastern Europe, that is, the United Kingdom, and Germany. However, there are undoubtedly essential differences. Or the difference between Eastern and Western cultures. The first is the issue of the relationship between justice and interests. Generally speaking, Westerners value profit over justice, while Easterners value justice over profit or consider both justice and profit. The awareness of Eastern people is that the word "righteousness" comes first. Guan Yu in ancient times was an out-and-out heroic hero. He was also highly praised by people at that time. I think this is also a cultural awareness caused by the multi-faceted thoughts in ancient times. The 5,000-year-old culture is also a reason that cannot be ignored for this heavy courtesy. Relatively speaking, the short-lived Western culture pays more attention to interests. This is also a manifestation of realism, from the war of aggression against China and all life in the West. Seeing their self-awareness, it can also be called a non-hypocritical and realistic style. Of course, this is only for the vast majority of people in the East. In Eastern life, such as Chinese, humility is a virtue, but Westerners don't know what to do about it. Westerners can sacrifice their own righteousness for profit most of the time. Second, there is the issue of integrity and individuality. Easterners emphasize wholeness and comprehensiveness, while Westerners value individuality. For example, Chinese medicine and Western medicine, Chinese medicine emphasizes the whole, but Western medicine is different. From an anatomical point of view, it pays attention to the parts of the whole. The difference between overall thinking and individual thinking is also reflected in interactions. For example, in many reports, a Chinese went to a Western home for dinner. When the host asked whether he wanted to eat Chinese food or Western food today, the guest said politely: "Whatever." It's up to the guest to do as he pleases." Westerners find it hard to understand this answer. They say they get a headache when they hear the word "卍姹铓" and don't know how to do it. It's not easy to operate. Deep in our way of thinking, we believe that following guests is a sign of politeness and respect for the host, but Westerners don't see it this way. This is the difference. Looking at it the other way round, when a European comes to China and you ask him what he is doing today, he will definitely not say "casual" but will definitely state his wish clearly. Today we eat Western food, or just Chinese food, and Chinese people tend to express less personal wishes. When our delegation visits, the foreign party receives our delegation, and the other party asks, what do you want to drink? If the group leader says to drink tea, the following people may also say to drink tea. People are surprised that when I say tea, all the tea comes down. Third, there is the issue of seeking common ground and seeking differences. We Chinese always emphasize that "harmony is precious" and "the unity of nature and man", etc., while the West pays attention to various new standards. When we thank each other for their reception, we often say something like this: Your country is beautiful, your people are friendly, your reception is thoughtful, etc. They think that after traveling thousands of miles from the east to the west, don't they have any different feelings? Why are they always like these three sentences? Later, when a delegation left, after three sentences, he said, I would like to make some suggestions now. These people immediately listened carefully and wanted to hear the delegation's suggestions before leaving. The first suggestion is that I hope your presentation materials can be translated into Chinese. The second point is, can you cook the beef a little more rotten? I can’t stand the bloodiness. The third point is that I hope you can understand something about Chinese history and culture. They felt particularly good listening to it and hearing different opinions. They said that if we can do it, we will definitely do it, and if we can't do it, we know what you like. Fourth, there is the difference between Eastern and Western ways of expressing emotions. Yes, there are many differences between China and the West on many issues. I bet Westerners will not be able to understand "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" when they watch it. The biggest problem here is the difference between Chinese and Western cultures, which has caused the Chinese to be delicate and reserved. There are two different ways of expression: the direct expression of love and the direct expression of Westerners. Westerners must have no imagination about the ladies of ancient China, not to mention all the restrictive ideas such as "men are superior to women" and ancient family laws in ancient China. Fifth, there is often intentionality in our way of thinking. They are intuitive. For example, in some of our articles, we like to use hints in life, or use metaphors to describe the past and the present. This kind of implicitness requires you to understand it. The so-called silence here is better than the sound, which is different from the intuition of Westerners. For example, Mr. Qian Zhongshu's comparison of Western and Chinese cultures even talked about the advantages of Chinese poetry. Although it only has a few crosses, it expresses more artistic conception than long Western poems. But for Westerners, this is something very profound and difficult to understand. The gray song is vague and connected with certainty. This is what most Western readers think of as the characteristics of Chinese poetry. As Keats famously said: Music that can be heard is beautiful, but music that cannot be heard is even more beautiful.

Questions are often used as answers, asking questions instead of answering them, leaving you with unlimited longing and imagination for what follows. The educational differences caused by two different cultures have created two different education systems. The extremely sharp contrast reflects the children in two different cultural backgrounds. Let’s talk about Western education first. From the system to the implementation of policies, it is almost complete. Groups of children are receiving high-level education very well. The only flaw is It is under this circumstance that some students develop many arrogant and extravagant habits, which also affects them to a certain extent. But the fact that I have to admit is that their educational environment is much better than that in China. Their main focus is to cultivate children's self-ability and quality. This is what I admire most. They have been training their own life skills since they were young. It is obvious in the international summer camp that their children are much stronger than ours. I think this also has certain environmental factors. In comparison, China's quality education is never perfect. In addition to environmental factors, I think the most important reason is that the Chinese cultural background is too deep and it is difficult to change this tradition. In addition, China’s quality education overemphasizes the cultivation of test-taking abilities and often neglects the cultivation of abilities and the improvement of self-ability. This fundamentally results in the fact that Chinese students have a very high level in international competitions, but their lives are far inferior to those of others. . There are many students in China who are dissatisfied with education, which also reflects the two levels. I think that two different education systems cannot explain which is better or worse. They are just the products of two cultures and social systems. They each have their own good and bad. We should learn from each other’s good aspects so that education can be used in different lands. are well developed. Reasons for cultural differences Teacher Zhou said: "China is a land civilization, while the West is a maritime civilization." This makes sense. One is that the development paths of Eastern and Western societies are different. China's long-term agricultural society and small-scale peasant economy have shaped the national psychology of our mainland culture. The characteristic of this psychology is to a large extent that it emphasizes a kind of local friendship and a kind of friendship with neighbors. Didn’t we say that there are four major happy events in life? A long drought brings sweet rain, meeting an old friend in a foreign land, the wedding night with flowers and candles, and the time of inscription on the gold medal list. "Meeting an old friend in a foreign country" must be very indifferent in Western countries. If they meet a fellow countryman abroad, they will not be very excited. However, our overseas Chinese have many hometown associations outside, and Westerners generally do not have hometown associations. We often talk about the local area, and even talk about the soil and water supporting the people. These are closely related to our long-term agricultural society. There is also the idea of ??fallen leaves returning to their roots, which all contain a strong sense of emotion. This element of emotion is very weak in the West. Another is that China is a multi-ethnic country with a history of five thousand years. The historical origin of Chinese traditional culture is based on Confucianism and includes various schools of thought. One of the characteristics of this traditional culture is its emphasis on overall qualitative thinking, which is very different from Western culture's emphasis on individual and partial empirical thinking. The West is primarily a Christian culture. The Confucian philosophical system emphasizes self-cultivation, family order, country governance, and world peace. First of all, self-cultivation is the first priority, that is, paying attention to moral culture; Western philosophical thought emphasizes analysis, which results in differences in focusing on overall thinking or individual thinking. There are many differences and disagreements between Chinese and Western cultures, and many of these customs have also given rise to many jokes. However, the similarity among different cultures is that these are the development process of human culture. These cultural differences cannot be said to be superior or inferior. They are formed objectively. Their existence will inevitably lead to the continued development of human culture. In today's world, it is impossible for any nation or country to lose or get rid of its traditional culture. Therefore, external imposition or internal rebellion are not conducive to the development of the country and the progress of society.