Who knows what the real traditional culture of China is? Who knows what is the essence of China's national culture?

The landlord's problem is very complicated. First of all, we can't touch many essences. Second, there are variations in the process of the essence culture flowing into the people. Many essences only exist in the class above the scholar-bureaucrat, and China's huge poverty culture and the law of the jungle have a great blinding effect on it. The third is that many cultures have been cut off for various reasons, you know. Fourth, everyone has different standards for judging essence. Many people hold a simple "results-only" perspective, that is, which is developed and which is essential. Many people see that the West is developed, and for the above reasons, they abandon China culture.

But simply speaking, culture can be divided into philosophy and religion, ideology, economy, education, art, folk customs and so on. We have been updated in ideological, economic and educational fields. Folk custom is the product of coordination with a specific society. We can think mainly from philosophy, religion and art.

The essence of China's philosophy and religion is Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.

The difference between him and western science is that western science pays attention to the separation of man and nature, while China pays attention to the unity of man and nature, despises things, attaches importance to personnel, and pays more attention to how to survive in this world. This is also related to the psychological distress caused by the hierarchical society of Confucianism and the social life of official standard.

The difference between him and western religions is that western religions distinguish this shore from the other, while Confucianism in China pays attention to this world. Confucius's phrase "I don't know how to live, but I know how to die" has a great influence. Taoism, which originated in China, and Buddhism, which was introduced to China, mostly evolved into utilitarianism, seeking longevity and peace of mind. This is what we can see in mainstream values. But because these two schools pay attention to purity, most people who really get the essence of these two schools live in seclusion, and because of the reasons you know, they lead to the monopoly of faith and the rupture of culture, so it is difficult for us to contact them.

Simply understand these essences from the perspective of thinking.

Western science and philosophical logical thinking (formal logic, dialectical logic)

Taoist image number logic comes from Zhouyi Wushu, Chinese Qigong and Feng Shui.

As for me, I'm only in initial contact with Zen, and I mainly focus on his intuitive thinking. He is unspeakable. Jobs belongs to Cao Dongzong in Zen.

From the initial pursuit of God to today, western philosophy was gradually divided by physics, chemistry, biology and other disciplines. Until the 20th century, only the study of language logic remained. Wittgenstein, a famous philosopher in the 20th century, found that the ultimate research result of philosophy is unspeakable, which is similar to Zen's attitude of "not writing words", so eastern and western philosophy still has its own brilliance.

See/s/blog _ 586d2cfe01019ahr.html "On Wittgenstein's Unspeakability and Zen's Unspeakability".

There is no mention of Confucianism, which puts forward the way of governing the country by combining politics with ethics, like a relatively complete ideology, while the west needs to rely on religion in ethics.

Today, the essence of Confucianism may be summarized by the spirit of scholar-officials. (1) Steel is healthy and promising. (2) Harmony and neutrality; (3) the use of respecting morality; (4) Harmony between man and nature. Compared with bushido and chivalry.

Perhaps we take it for granted that Confucianism is vigorous and promising, but compared with areas dominated by Protestantism (including northern Europe, Germany, Britain, the United States, Canada, etc.), people in areas dominated by Catholicism (including Italy, France, Portugal, Spain, Latin America, etc.). ) I am lazy about my work.

See/s/blog _ 586d2cfe01019ftm.html "Christianity and Modern Capitalism, Four Little Dragons and Confucian Capitalism". 》

In terms of art, painting, calligraphy, architecture, music, dance, sculpture, ceramics and other self-contained systems are highly respected in the world and have a certain influence on the West. Specifically, we can check China's influence on the Renaissance and the Enlightenment.

For example, western paintings, you can see from which angle the author looks, and the author has a strict grasp of composition in physics.

But in Chinese painting, you can't tell where the author is in the painting, and you feel that the author is everywhere. This is the product of two cultures.

Because China was invaded, and history books smeared the traditional society and its culture for reasons you know, China people have a deep sense of inferiority, and sometimes they have to be recognized by the West to admit themselves.

But if you calm down and read the works of the sages, you can still feel their inner wisdom. We can start with several books that have great influence on the west and see how the two cultures blend.

More reference materials can come to my blog, where I collect information on the comparison between eastern and western cultures.

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