中西方爱情观的差异(英文版)

Comparisons Of Chinese And Western Views On Love

Definition and place of love

Western countries:

•Love is the first, and men in love can sacrifice（牺牲）everything, and the woman in love also will give up everything.

•In western literature（文学）love is a kind of irresistible(不可抵制的）power. •The admired（羡慕，赞美）is a perfect angel.

China: Chinese people pay attention to marriage and despise(轻视）love。

love is more than the relationship of two persons.

even if the special felling disappeared between them ，there is still a great

chance that they choose to live together

their relationship is not just about themselves, but the whole family including

the child, parent, relatives, etc

The choice of marriage partner

Western countries:

•The choice of the sexes and marriage partner is based on love, regardless of background（背景）, family, age, social status and other considerations. •With emotion（情感，情绪）get close together. Without it ,they are divided （分裂的）.

China : Many factors are considered

Eg：

•The Romance of Western Bower（西厢记）

•Impressive Plot（情节）: Zhang Junrui had to meet secretly with Yingying, who was waiting for the moon over the Western Bower, by climbing over the

wall into the garden. yingying is the daughter of a rich businessman ，

however,zhang is a poor intellectual.

•Their love was enthusiastic（热烈的）and sincere（真诚的，诚实的）, but unacceptable.

Love collide（碰撞）

Western countries:

•Westerners pay more attention to the external beauty, namely the “lust”（欲望）in human nature.

Example: Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet falling in love at first sight is based on both sides of the beauty. They don’t have deep communications. They make judgments according to the impressions（观感）of the opposite（对面的）person’s looks.

China:

➢The Oriental（东方人的）pay more attention to the inner beauty, namely “passion"（激情，热情）side in human nature.

Example: Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai

Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai have quite a long time for communications such as three years’classmates reading. In daily contact, Zhu Yingtai was attracted by Liang’s talent and connotation（内涵）and gave him her heart.

The expressions of love

Western countries: Direct and straightforward（坦率的）

frankly、open、romantic 、egardless（不注意的）of everything Eg：'I loved you. I never shall. That's the truth, Roy. I never shall.'

‘我爱你，从未爱过别人，永远不会，这是真的，罗伊，永远不会。’

China: Implicit and veiled(掩饰的）.

g：The quiet woman from The Book of Poetry

the poetry depicts（描述）lover's first date ,the girl sent the boy red-tube writing brush ,the boy was too excited but responded（回应）implicitly.

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Defending of love

Western countries: Have great initiative（主动权）

China: Lack of courage, passively（被动的）receiving（接收）the fates（命运）.