The growth of civilization always requires a long process, and the thinking of the ancestors often has a decisive impact on the behavior of later generations, and even becomes the core concept of civilization!
Through the time of the Great Floodand "Noah's Ark".By comparing the stories, we can clearly see some differences between Eastern and Western civilizations in terms of specific concepts! with"Noah's Ark".By comparing the stories, we can clearly see some differences between Eastern and Western civilizations in terms of specific concepts!
First of all, "Dayu water control" is a mighty national project under the command of Dayu, representing the spirit of Chinese culture to work together and face difficulties, through the participation of the whole people in "Dayu water control", it also reflects the Chinese nation from ancient times to the present day has a fine tradition of "self-reliance", in the folk culture, there are still there.
"Relying on the mountains, relying on the flow of water, relying on everyone to run, the only reliable thing is yourself".Statement!
In the stage of myths and legends that are older than "Dayu's control of the water", the familiar legends and stories of "Jingwei reclamation" and "Kuafu's day by day" have long confirmed the indomitable soul of the Chinese children.
In the thousands of years of history after the "Dayu water control", every natural disaster, plague, the imperial court allocated funds for disaster relief, Taoist priests went down the mountain to practice medicine, and the people helped themselves with various kinds, the Chinese nation has never wanted to rely on a certain god to save itself, but has always insisted on "self-salvation".
I have to say that this is where the strong vitality of Chinese culture lies, as long as Chinese culture stands tall, the Chinese nation will stand in the east of the world!
In Western culture, religion not only acts as a spiritual teacher for mankind, but is even a "savior" in a sense!
Does "Noah's Ark" exist? Everyone knows the answer, because this is the "emperor's new clothes". Although there is no real "savior" in reality, Western religion is the "Noah's Ark" that can save the world in the belief of Westerners, and this "Noah's Ark" is the only one, so Western religions are "monotheistic" that cannot tolerate the same kind, which is also an important reason why the "Crusades" event occurred between ** religion and Islam.
It can be seen that Western culture not only regards religious gods as the saviors to be worshipped by all, but also has a strong and irreconcilable exclusivity hostile to all different cultural beliefs.
For Westerners, their religious deities are unquestionably absolute authority, the ultimate existence that can save people from fire and water.
If there are countries and people who believe in different faiths, they can only be undying enemies, and even if they can cooperate for a short time, they will eventually accept sanctions and destruction, so Western countries will use unscrupulous means and never stop attacking other countries of different faiths until they are destroyed;
If there is a group of people who share the same faith who fail to escape the disaster, it must be because they are not religious enough to God and have been abandoned by God, so the commodity of "indulgence" has appeared frequently in the history of Western religions, and it is openly bought and sold!
Secondly, the participatory nature of the whole people of "Dayu's water control" and the "Noah's Ark" only rescued a few people represent the different thinking of the two civilizations.
The Chinese nation is a nation that attaches great importance to affection, even if it is a big family, there will be a few poor relatives, in "Dream of Red Mansions", there are many relatively poor relatives of the same ancestor and different branches living around Jiafu, and there is even a "Grandma Liu" who recognizes relatives, these people have basically been rescued by Jiafu.
Therefore, some drawbacks in Chinese culture have always been inseparable from human feelings, but valuing human feelings is also an important reason for the strong cohesion of the Chinese nation!
In the face of natural disasters, "Dayu Water Control" also holds this attitude of "not abandoning, not giving up", and tries to participate in the whole people as much as possible and survive.
On the other hand, in Western culture, the "Noah's Ark" rescued a small number of so-called "elites", in fact, they are basically the upper strata of society who are related to their families, and whether they are "elites" remains to be verified, but the family background is inevitably superior.
Therefore, even today, there is still a difference between aristocratic schools and ordinary schools in the West, many good jobs require letters of recommendation from high-status people, and even companies can hire parliamentarians as legitimate "protectors".
In short, the tradition of Chinese civilization is the principle of the majority, and even the emperors who have made achievements have taken the people to live and work in peace and contentment, and the substantial growth of the population is the highest achievement.
However, the tradition of Western civilization is the principle of a minority, a large amount of social resources belong to a small number of people, and some large families can even influence the direction of the country's development to a certain extent, and the tilt of national welfare to the lower class is an effective means to ensure social stability.
The development of Eastern and Western civilizations has its own characteristics, and it is impossible to say who is superior!
However, because of the differences in the core culture and system, it is likely that there will be a phenomenon of "the honey of the other, the arsenic of mine", and we must pay special attention to this point, and we must not lose long-term cultural autonomy for the sake of short-term small profits, which will inevitably lead to a disaster!
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