2000 China looked at the West

Author: Zhou Ning
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Publish Date: 1999-04-01
Features: The reader before you will find this volume presenting the process of recognition and imagination, understanding and misunderstanding between the West and China over two thousand years of history. If foreign cultures are mirrors, then in Western literature we will see the image of Chinese civilization, and in Chinese literature, the image of Western civilization. This book showcases the complex process of mutual perception, recognition, imagination, and even misunderstanding between China and the West over two thousand years. The image of a foreign land, whether seen by Chinese people of the West or by Western people of China, is not only a true reflection of foreign culture but also a product of the reorganization and reflection of the local culture according to its traditional model. Therefore, it can both reflect the characteristics of foreign civilization and embody the spirit of the local culture. In the 21st-century interactions between China and the West, the profound influence of historical impressions is undeniable.