This paper compares the political and cultural differences between China and the West on the same historical event.
For example, in the Korean War, we have hegemonic ideas in China culture, but not in the West. The people of China believe that we do not seek hegemony, nor do we want other countries to pursue hegemonism. Westerners don't know what it means not to seek hegemony. In the history of China, there were five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period. At that time, when other countries had equal political status, leaders of five countries appeared, namely, Qi Huangong, Jin Wengong, Chu Zhuangwang, King He Lv of Wu and King Gou Jian of Yue. The leaders of these five countries all have the ability to give orders, and their own countries are very strong. At the same time, they can also tell other countries what to do and which to fight. Moreover, the five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period basically have no sense of morality and rely on strength, so other countries hate and fear them. China people think that not seeking hegemony is a sage ruling the country, with strength but not imposing on others. They are equal in their contacts with other countries, especially in their non-interference in other countries' internal affairs. Like the United States, other countries fight civil wars, and he comes to participate in peace. This is hegemonism and the supremacy of strength. Moreover, the United States always talks about geopolitics. China seems to have two most famous legalists in history, one is Zhang Yi and the other is Su Qin. These two men are notoriously immoral and purely political, so they are despised by China people. This is a copy of the Americans. What Americans did, like Zhang Yi, the overlord of Su Qin in the Spring and Autumn Period, was hegemonism. How much China history do Americans have to learn to understand China's hegemonic thought? Therefore, Americans will judge whether China will send troops to the Korean War, and they will read the information. They think that China has no reason to send troops and is not prepared for war. China has different views on this issue. You Americans just want to get China by getting South Korea. China calls it cold mouth. You are hegemony, and the whole world has an obligation to oppose you. Therefore, we must fight if we can, and fight if we can't, because I am on the side of justice, and justice will eventually overcome evil. At that time, China people didn't even know that the US military was not called the US military, but the United Nations Army, which is now the peacekeeping force. If justice is on that side, it's really hard to say at that time. So Americans can't figure out why China sent troops, thinking that he fought the wrong war at the wrong time and place. In fact, the real mistake is that he doesn't understand the cultural history of China. North Korea has always been a subordinate country of China, and the protection of weak countries by big countries is the only reason why big countries sacrifice to weak countries. When you fight North Korea, don't say that we are all socialist countries, even if we beat dogs on China's territory, we don't look at our owners, so China has China's geopolitical standards, but we never say that this standard is a vassal relationship. Americans didn't want to fight China at first, but they still met China's army, which was a lack of cultural understanding of China. It is a shame that there was no war in China at that time. Others say that China is fine. How can Chairman Mao swallow this tone? China stresses honesty. If you can't keep up, you have to fight. How do you analyze these things from the intelligent technology? Therefore, the gap between Chinese and western cultures is far greater than everyone admits.