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1、The"face"cultureinChinaⅠ.IntroductionThe"face"cultureisasignificantpartofthetraditionalChineseculture,whichhasdeepandwideinfluenceonmanyfieldsinChina.AsRussellsaidthatwesternerscouldn'timaginethe"face"cultureofChinese.Abstractandintangible,itisyetthemost
2、delicatestandardbywhichChinesesocialintercourseisregulatedasithasbeendeeplyrootedinourmind.Inthefollowingessay,Iwillmakesomeexplanationofthe"face"cultureandexpressmyopiniononit.Ⅱ.Theexplorationtothesourcesofthe"face"cultureThe"face",asapeculiarculturalps
3、ychologicalphenomenon,isasenseofworththatcomesfromknowingone'sstatusandreflectsconcernwiththecongruencybetweenone'sperformanceorappearanceandone'srealworth.Itcanbeemotionallyinvested,lost,maintained,orenhanced,andmustbeconstantlyattendedtoininteraction.F
4、romtheliterallevel,the"face"referstotheformerpartofone'shead,asphysicalsymbol.Astheimprovementofsocietyandhistory,itextendedtothefieldofthesocialintercourse.Sincethe4thcenturyB.C.,ithasbeenasymbolicmeaningintherelationshipbetweenpeopleinhistory.Therearef
5、ourfactorsintheChinesehistorythatcausesthecommonaltyofthe"face"culture.1.The"face"andConfuciantraditionalcultureInChinesetraditionalculture,"propriety"inConfucianismevolvedintothesecularetiquette.AccordingtotheConfuciantheory,the"propiety"istherightattit
6、udetogetalongwellwithpeopleandthebasetoholdtherankcorrelationandpersonalrelationship,thatistosay,everypersonhashispositioninsociety,andourbehaviourshouldbefitourposition.Ifnot,wewillloseourface.Therefore,theproprietyisspecializedasthe"face".Thereasonwhyt
7、he"face"isconsideredastheimagetoconfirmone'sachievementisthatitisrelevanttotheaimsofself-cultivation,namely,hissocialfameandinfluence.IntheConfusionsystem,itisthesocialextensionofpersonalethics.The"face"cultureisinfluencedbytheancientConfucianism.2.The"f
8、ace"andtheshame-basedcultureInthesenseofshame,peopleattachimportancetothe"face".Thefeelingofguiltistojudgethethingswhetherconformtoone'sprinciplesratherthanthethingsthemselvesbyself-examination.However,thepure"shame"istopa