Elusive Chinese People (Analysis of Chinese Psychology)

Author: (English) Band, M.N. (Author), Yang De (Translator)
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Publish Date: 1997-03-01
Features: Outsiders do not understand Chinese people better than Chinese people themselves, but their foreign perspective gives them a natural advantage, making it easy for them to discover the differences between us, our uniqueness (strictly speaking, our differences from "the other"). Moreover, they use some tools that we have not yet mastered and are quite effective when observing us. The Elusive Chinese is just such an observation, using the tools of Western modern psychology and sociological psychology. Sometimes they see facts in us that we have not noticed, overlooked characteristics. Naturally, there are also times when they misjudge characteristics and misunderstand facts. But this is equally meaningful, sometimes even more meaningful, because this misunderstanding raises a question, prompting us to think about it, explain it, and thereby deepen our thinking and refine our explanatory systems.