Foreword Part Ⅰ East and West Unit 1 Why Contrasting Chinese and Western Cultures? Ⅰ Ancient Civilizations and Cultures Ⅱ Cross-cultural Comparative Studies in China Ⅲ Ⅰmperatives for Contrasting Chinese and Western Cultures Ⅳ Key Concepts Unit 2 Traditional Characteristics of Chinese and Western Cultures Ⅰ "There Are All Kinds of Birds When a Forest Gets Large Ⅱ Traditional Chinese Cultural Characteristics Ⅲ Traditional Western Cultural Characteristics Unit 3 Affinities Across Cultures Ⅰ An Unexpected Affinity Ⅱ Reading for More Cultural Affinities Ⅲ Key Concepts Part Ⅱ Cultural Differences in Silent Languages Unit 4 Time Ⅰ Time in China and the West Ⅱ Two Time Modes Ⅲ Past-oriented Societies vs. Future-oriented Societies Ⅳ Two Time Orientations Unit 5 Space Ⅰ Spatial Language Ⅱ Spatial Language and Culotte Ⅲ Spatial Language and Life Ⅳ Changes We Cannot Afford Unit 6 Smiles, Nods and Silence Ⅰ Smiles Ⅱ Nods Ⅲ Silence Part Ⅲ Cultural Differences in Thinking Unit 7 Intuitive vs. Logical Thinking Ⅰ Definitions of Intuitive and Logical Thinking Ⅱ Philosophy and Thinking Ⅲ Application of Two Thinking Modes Ⅳ Impact of Thinking Modes on Writings Ⅴ Logic in China and Intuition in the West Unit 8 Dialectical vs. Analytical Reasoning Ⅰ Proverb Preferences Across Cultures Ⅱ Dialectical Reasoning Ⅲ Analytical Reasoning Ⅳ More About Two Reasoning Modes Unit 9 Holistie vs. Atomistic Visions Ⅰ A Detention Room Ⅰncident Ⅱ Prominent Attributes of Holistic and Atomistic Visions Ⅲ Vision and Cognition Ⅳ Vision and Language Ⅴ Zhengshan Xiaozhong and Lipton Black Tea Unit 10 Categorizing Objects by Relationships vs. by Attributes Ⅰ Two Ways to Categorize One Person
Ⅱ Principles to Categorize Objects Ⅲ How to Categorize Objects and Why Ⅳ Impacts of Different Ways of Categorization Ⅴ Causal Attribution Differences Arising out of Different Categorization Ways Unit 11 Non-controllers vs. Controllers Ⅰ Too Early to Tell Ⅱ Why So Different Stances Towards Life? Ⅲ "Being" and "Doing" Cultures ⅣManifestations of "Being" Culture and "Doing" Culture Part Ⅳ Different Cultural Orientations Unit 12 The Introvert-oriented vs. the Extrovert-oriented Ⅰ Personality Types Ⅱ Personality Types of Cultures Ⅲ Effects of Personality Types on Pattern Preferences Ⅳ A Contrast of Cultural Phenomena Ⅴ The Trend of the Introvert-oriented Culture Unit 13 Collectivism vs. Individualism Ⅰ An Embarrassing Habit Ⅱ Collectivism and Individualism as Cultural Orientations Ⅲ Collectivism and Individualism in Cultural Anthropology Ⅳ Collectivist and Individualist Perspectives of "Self" Ⅴ Interdependence vs. Independence Unit 14 Femininity vs. Masculinity Ⅰ Gender Traits Ⅱ Feminine Chinese Culture Ⅲ Masculine Western Culture Ⅳ Why So Different? Ⅴ The Trend of Cultures and Its Potential Impact Unit 15 Advocacy of Jing vs. Dong Ⅰ Introduction to Two Concepts Ⅱ Jing Advocacy of China Ⅲ Dong Advocacy of the West Ⅳ Differences and Discomforts Unit 16 Ⅰmplicitness vs. Explicitness Ⅰ "Half a Story" Ⅱ Implicitness and Explicitness of Language Ⅲ Implicit Chinese Ⅳ Explicit Westerners Ⅴ High Context vs. Low Context Ⅵ "Chicken and Duck Talk" Part V Different Cultural Standards Unit 17 Peace vs. Conflict Ⅰ Great Names and Different Cultural Standards Ⅱ External Factors and Cultural Standards Ⅲ Cultural Standards and Their Unique Products Ⅳ Better Ways to Know Each Other Unit 18 Egalitarian and Inegalitarian Distribution Ⅰ Hate-the-rich Mentality Ⅱ Chinese-style Egalitarianism Ⅲ Western-style Inegalitarianism
Ⅳ Egalitarianism and Inegalitarianism in China and the West Unit 19 Good vs. Evil Human Nature Ⅰ Key Concepts Ⅱ Human Nature and Education Ⅲ Theorization of Assumptions About Human Nature Ⅳ Human Nature Theories and the Rule of Ethics vs. Law Unit 20 Rule of Individuals vs. Rule of Law Ⅰ An Unexpected Complaint Ⅱ Rule of Individuals in Traditional Chinese Thought Ⅲ Rule of Law in Western Thought Ⅳ Rule of Law in China Bibliography
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