Western civilization mainly comes from Greek civilization, Roman civilization and Christian civilization. There is a great contrast between these three civilizations. In modern culture, these three origins can be regarded as a hundred rivers returning to the sea, all of which are integrated into modern western culture. The origin of China civilization is mainly in the pre-Qin period. In the pre-Qin period, when the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River were regarded as the origin of Chinese civilization, it called itself China. In the Han dynasty, it should be said that it was still a long-term stability situation. There is a saying in history that "Xionghan flourished in the Tang Dynasty", which means that the Han Dynasty was very powerful. China people weakened after the Han Dynasty. Due to the influence of Confucianism, China people began to pay attention to kindness rather than bullying. With the continuous progress and development of China, since the Song Dynasty, the political and economic center of China moved southward, and the south gradually prospered. Look at China first. Its transformation has gone through three steps. In Shang Dynasty, China, like other primitive civilizations, was a matrix culture full of superstitions. Our earliest Oracle Bone Inscriptions is a kind of religious writing specially used for divination and sacrifice. There is a view in western academic circles that civilization originated from temples, which are the earliest urban centers. The replacement of Shang Dynasty by Zhou Dynasty is not only a change of political power, but also a change of religion. Next, Confucius and Mencius reformed Confucianism in the pre-Qin period. In Mencius, this is systematically expounded. As long as a person explores his own nature, he will certainly discover the beautiful and kind things in his own nature and become a good person and a saint. Therefore, as long as everyone is "self-cultivation and family harmony", we can "rule the country and level the world" and finally achieve an ideal world of great harmony. A major change in China culture determines the basic spirit of China culture, that is, paying attention to the moral cultivation of people in this world and not paying much attention to external ghosts and gods. In other words, China Confucianism finally put the ideal of a harmonious society into practice. Similarly, great changes have taken place in western culture at this time. Through Greek culture, Roman culture and Christian culture, it is a transcendence process, not an introversion process. Finally, China culture emphasizes that everything starts from the heart, while western culture emphasizes that everything is decided by external God, that is, God determinism. There is a famous saying in the middle ages: no sparrow fell from the tree, not because of God's special will. China culture emphasizes inner cultivation, "from the inside out, you can accomplish something", and from the inside out. Fundamental changes have taken place in Chinese and western cultures.
Generally speaking, westerners value profit over righteousness, while orientals value righteousness over profit or both. The consciousness of orientals is righteousness first, and Guan Yu in ancient times was not an out-and-out loyal hero. Also deeply appreciated by people at that time. I think this is also a kind of cultural consciousness caused by various ancient ideas. Five thousand years of culture is also a cause that cannot be ignored. Relatively speaking, western short culture pays more attention to interests, which is precisely the performance of realism. Their consciousness can be seen from the war of aggression against China to all life in the west. Of course, this is only for the vast majority of the East. In the life of orientals, such as China, modesty is a virtue, but westerners don't know what to do. Westerners can sacrifice their righteousness for the benefit most of the time.
Orientals emphasize wholeness and comprehensiveness, while westerners value individuality. On many issues, the differences between China and the West are real. Westerners may not understand butterfly lovers, but the biggest problem here is the cultural difference between China and the West, which leads to two different ways of expression: China's implicit feelings and westerners' direct expression. China's ancient ladies must have no western imagination, not to mention China's ancient concept of "men are superior to women" and ancient family law.