ComparisonsOfChineseAndWesternViewsOnLove GeneralOverview Westernersattachimportancetoamativenessandthinkloveisforemost However chinesevaluemarriagesdespiselove ZhuGuangqian西方人重视恋爱 有恋爱至上的标语 中国人重视婚姻而轻视恋爱 TheextentofpursuingloveMannersofexpressingloveAttitudestowardsex Partone Differences Chinesetheyalwaysgiveuptrueloveorstruggleforthierlovenegatively WesternerstheypursuetrueloveboldlyandloveindepenceandfreedomDeath thathathsuck dthehoneyofthybreath hathhadnopoweryetuponthybeauty Thouartnotconquer d Beauty sensignyetiscrimsoninthylipsandinthycheeks anddeath spaleflagisnotadvancedthere RomeoandJuliet死虽然已经吸去了你呼吸中的芳蜜 却还没有力量摧残你的美貌 你还没有被他征服 你的嘴唇上 面庞上 依然显着红润的美艳 不曾让灰白的死亡进占 死亡 即使能夺走爱人的生命 却永远也不能消灭恋人间不渝的爱情 Theyexpressthierloveimplicitlyandcautiously ThequietwomanfromTheBookofPoetry thepoetrydepictslover sfirstdate thegirlsenttheboyred tubewritingbrush theboywastooexcitedbutrespondedimplicitly Chinese Westerners frankly open regardlessofeverything Ilovedyou Inevershall That sthetruth Roy Inevershall 我爱你 从未爱过别人 永远不会 这是真的 罗伊 永远不会 ChinesetheyconsideritimmoraltohavesexwithsomeonebeforegettingmarriedandchildrenarethelinkofcouplesWesternerstheythinkitiscommomforloverstohavesexualrelationsandsexisjustaphysiologicalneeds Conclusion Peopleinancientwesternsocietyhadmuchmoreopenandtolerantattitudethanancientchinadid parttwocausesthatleadtodifftentopinions NationalCulture Chinabasedonself sefficientagriculture以自给自足的农业为基础harmonybetweentheheavenandhuman天人合一 westerncountriesbasedonacientGreekbusinessculture以古希腊商业文化为基础expandingoutward向外扩张 statusofwomenanddegreeofsocialopening Chinawomenhavealowsocialstatusandtheymustobeythethreeobediencesandthefourvirtuesandhavelittlefreedominchoosingthierhusbands westerncountrieswomenplayleadingrolesinfamiliesandenjoyawiderangeoffreedom Nationalcharacter Chinaenslavinganddependentpersonalitypoliticalinequality dependentonnature ideologicalrigidity westerncountriespassionate boldandrestrained determined uncompromisingindependentpoliticallyandecomomically Thankyou