Due to the distinctive historical background, the angles to observe and evaluate exceptionalism in Chinese and American cultures are different, so the symbolic meanings of this word vary a lot. In American mythologies, exceptionalism means unique since theism is accepted by most of them, and they consider their race is selected by the God. America is a glorious country; its culture is the collection of cultures from various religions, laws, and different countries or areas. On the contrary, there is no religion in China, so Chinese mythologies of exceptionalism are original from their ancients and 5000 years of continuous history. They have ancestor worship. Patricia Buckley Ebery depicted explicitly in her book The Cambridge Illustrated History
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For instance, some foreigners think that Chinese always wear a surface kindness and modesty and they would not express their ideas if not necessary. Therefore, the old western views regard Chinese people as a copycat who is a stagnant and weak race. Western people do not know, Chinese ancestors already told them that modesty helps one to make progress. Every Chinese people is educated with stories, like “Kong Rong Let his Pear” and “Liu Bei Three Visits to the Hut”. These stories teach Chinese to keep modesty all the time. This is different from what western people do. In the end, such a kind of Chinese mythology of exceptionalism develops some peculiar tendencies of Chinese …show more content…
The economic scale of China will be larger than that of America in following years. The comprehensive strength of China is also developing day by day. The government of China announces to the world that it would not seek hegemony due to the respect to ancestors’ words. This kind of attitude is a very Chinese style because Chinese people always try to live better instead live at best.
The world is changing all the time. Chinese people who hug with traditional ideas may get into trouble sometimes since every coin has two sides. For example, Chinese people are so modest, which makes the national territorial sovereignty of China is violated repeatedly, such as the Diaoyu Islands and the South China Sea. From my viewpoint, Chinese peaceful rise doesn’t mean that it would not use war to solve problems. China could use wars to solve with problems, if an event is urgent. Modesty helps one to go forward, but over-modesty is
For instance, some foreigners think that Chinese always wear a surface kindness and modesty and they would not express their ideas if not necessary. Therefore, the old western views regard Chinese people as a copycat who is a stagnant and weak race. Western people do not know, Chinese ancestors already told them that modesty helps one to make progress. Every Chinese people is educated with stories, like “Kong Rong Let his Pear” and “Liu Bei Three Visits to the Hut”. These stories teach Chinese to keep modesty all the time. This is different from what western people do. In the end, such a kind of Chinese mythology of exceptionalism develops some peculiar tendencies of Chinese …show more content…
The economic scale of China will be larger than that of America in following years. The comprehensive strength of China is also developing day by day. The government of China announces to the world that it would not seek hegemony due to the respect to ancestors’ words. This kind of attitude is a very Chinese style because Chinese people always try to live better instead live at best.
The world is changing all the time. Chinese people who hug with traditional ideas may get into trouble sometimes since every coin has two sides. For example, Chinese people are so modest, which makes the national territorial sovereignty of China is violated repeatedly, such as the Diaoyu Islands and the South China Sea. From my viewpoint, Chinese peaceful rise doesn’t mean that it would not use war to solve problems. China could use wars to solve with problems, if an event is urgent. Modesty helps one to go forward, but over-modesty is