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The Research To The Remaining And Differences In The Phase Of Early Chinese And The Western Culture Myth Thought

Posted on:2008-12-22Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X D NingFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360242956095Subject:Literature and art
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Chinese pre-Qin dynasty and the western ancient Greece time are both the axle center time of the human culture development, namely all strides in at the beginning of civilized stage of society. This article aims to study how the Chinese and the western myth thought which develops from the primitive society comes to start and changes at this time in different states .As the result of this, the Chinese and the western thinking modes have had the historical differences. At the foundation of giving the myth thought a clear definition, this article first has studied the variation of the Chinese and the western myth thought which occurs in the axle center time. This paper also points out that China still remained chaos characteristic of the myth thought at this time, while the Greek was developing the good and discard the bad to the primitive chaos of the myth thought, this difference mainly manifests in the myth story and all kinds of artistic work. It is exactly this kind of different way which is adopted to the myth thought that has henceforth established the different trends between the Chinese and the western myth patterns. Secondly, this article studies the different manner which the Chinese and the western sages had adopted to the primitive though during the axle center time.The Chinese sages have inherited to the antiquity myth thought more than to surmounting which results in the Chinese integrity of thinking mode, the character of melting and the special perceptual characteristics. While the ancient Greek sages had surmounted to the myth thought more than to the manner which inherited, which displayed the diligently pursue for rational and the logical thinking. This kind of view of circular time guides the Chinese natural philosophy to seek the myriad things in the system the organic relation and the main power, but any external reason is the very difficult tentative plan, thus also causes China has the profound philosophy understanding to the natural harmony and the spontaneous change. But unfortunately, the ancient Chinese completely fell into the mire which the universe organically discussed. This idea creates a Chinese science and technology not developed reason. Because once the political principle and the moral value start to regard as the world system the indispensable part, a idea has compromised, the worldview no longer is the science exploration foundation, but becomes the ruling class the tool which serves for its benefit. But the Greek think external makes the owner take an eternal first agent as a characteristic, therefore the Greece natural sciences power is discovered makes universe order rule which the owner supposes.The spatial imagination In the Chinese and the Western myth thought has once affected the formation of the Chinese and the western early politics idea. The Chinese have once considered the world and the universe as the day round place, moreover, the earth is a rule concentric multi- levels square; But the Greek's imagination about the world is a circular, in this kind of natural space, all factors are in "the strength coordination" center. They mutually oppose, mutually balances. This comparatively early forms the city-state system to the west and the feudal empire to China.
Keywords/Search Tags:Myth thought, China and the West comparison, Human consciousness, spatial imagination
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