1、CulturalDifferencesbetweentheEastandWestAsweallknow,thecultureintheeastandthatinthewestareverydifferent.Invaluejudgment,easternersholdthevalueofcollectivismwhilewesternersholdthevaluesofindividualism.Asthewayofthinking,westernpeoplethinkmoredirectly,buttheeasternpeoplemoreobliquely.Sowhilesolveaproblem,westernerswouldsolveitinaquitedirectwaywhileeasternerswouldmorelikelytodetour.Meanwhile,easternerswouldshowtheiremo
2、tionsandopinioninamoretactfulwaythanwesternerswhoshowthenoutdirectly.Andformodeoflife,westernerspreferlivebytheirownwhileeasternerspreferliveingroups.Whentalkingaboutinterpersonalrelationship,westernershavemuchmoresimplyinterpersonalrelationshipthaneasterners.Therearestillmanydifferentaspectsintheculturebetweentheeastandthewest.Andamongallthese,thevalueofjudgmentisoneofthemostobviousandimportantdifferences.Itisknownt
3、hateasternersholdthevalueofcollectivismwhilewesternersthevaluesofindividualism.Thatistosay,ineast,oneshouldputcollectiveinterestsinthefirstplace.Thatisbecausetheybelieveonewouldnotexistwithoutnationality,society,familyorothercollective;sooneisfirstlyapersonincollectives,andthenheishimself.Therefore,theviewofoneselfintheeastistiny.However,inwest,onewouldusuallypaymoreattentiontotherealizationofpersonalinterests,bec
4、auseintheirmind,thesocietiesareestablishedonindividual.So,unlikeeasterncountries,theviewofselfisgreatinwesterncountries.Inthepastyears,millionsofpeoplearguethatthecollectivismandindividualismwhichoneisbetter.Theyallhadtheirownpoints,andasforme,theyareallreasonable.Inonehand,anyoneofusislivinginthecollective,ononecanlivewithoutcollective;andasamemberofacollective,itisreasonableandnecessarytoattachimportancetoth
5、econgregateinterests.Butitdoesnotnecessarymeanthatweshouldgiveupallourrationalinterests,westillhavetherightstopursuethem.Onlywhenourowninterestagainstthecongregateone,shouldweputthecongregateoneinthefirstplace.Intheotherhand,itisrightfortheindividualismstresstheexpressionofindividuality,independence,liberty,competition,andself-achievement.Asocietyshouldadmitindividualvalue,sothat,thewholesocietycouldexertitsvitalitya
6、bsolutely.Inaword,frommypointofview,thesetwotypesofvalueareallmeaningfulandhavetheirownpros.Therearemanydifferencesbetweeneastandwest.Differentculturesaddacolorfulelementtotheworld.Theculturalgapshouldnotbetheobstacletothecivilizationofhumanbeing.Itoughttobethemotivationofourgoingfarther.Besides,wecannotjudgewhichtypeofcultureisbetterinourownpointofview,becauseallcultureexitsinitsmeaningfulway:theyformed,developedandexitedinaspecificcultureandsocialenvironment.