Ask the superior! Confucian culture influences China people, which is equivalent to what culture (concept ……) influences westerners?

Well, to be precise, it should be "Christian culture", which has a far-reaching influence on western civilization, thought and so on.

I remember the teacher said in the foreign literature class of undergraduate course that there are two sources of western civilization: Greece and Greece: ancient Greek and Roman culture (myth) and Hebrew culture (religion). You can refer to the general textbooks of foreign literature history, such as the one written by Zhu published by Nankai University, or the edition published by Higher Education Press.

In fact, China culture is not only influenced by Confucian culture, but also by Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, otherwise it will be biased. Because of Dong Zhongshu's "exclusive respect for Confucianism" from the Han Dynasty and the need of later ruling regime, Confucianism has a greater influence. It was not until the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties that the integration of the three religions appeared, which seemed to be clearly put forward by Wang Zhongyang, but its formation was based on Neo-Confucianism in the Song and Ming Dynasties.

Comparatively speaking, Confucianism is the most far-reaching influence among Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, while the West is influenced by Christian culture with Hebrew culture as its source. Hebrews are called ancient Jews or ancient Israelis. The religious culture they created is the Old Testament part of the Bible, that is, the religious culture formed by believing in God and God, and later formed Judaism. On this basis, the New Testament culture centered on Jesus is Christian culture.

Generally speaking, western civilization is mainly "the thought of freedom, democracy and human rights", which comes from Christian belief and culture. Most westerners believe in Christianity. They believe that once a person is born, God gives him the basic rights to be a human being, which is the so-called natural human rights. The main content of human rights is the right to freedom and equality. In addition to the rights of freedom and equality, human rights also include the right to life and property. Democracy means that people are masters of their own affairs, so that all human rights can be guaranteed. The greatest principle of democracy is that sovereignty belongs to the people.

Of course, some experts believe that human rights and democracy in western civilization originated from ancient Greek and Roman civilization, and were fully popularized and popularized in the enlightenment thought of 18 century after the exploration and advocacy of the Renaissance Movement in 15 and 17 century, and finally became the dominant thought generally recognized by the western world. It is precisely because of this understanding that many books introducing western civilization refer to Greek and Roman civilization as the main source of western civilization. However, although the concepts of human rights and democracy were not directly put forward by Christianity, their essence, especially the essence of human rights thought, has long been concerned and particularly emphasized by Christianity. The connotation and essence of the way of God that Christianity believes in is the way of God's kindness and justice. Christianity advocates that people can obey God's will, respect and care for others, uphold justice, be upright, be fair and just. Moreover, Christianity has played a greater role in historical development, so there are two sources of western civilization, but the mainstream is Christian civilization. At least I personally think so.

Of course, since the emergence of post-modernism in the twentieth century, what they advocate is to oppose the traditional Christian thought. Since then, western civilization seems to have influenced many factors, but it is undeniable that Christian culture has the most far-reaching influence on westerners.

Well, the above are just some opinions that I personally recognize, and they are not necessarily completely standard answers. There is no absolute conclusion about the academic answer, but I still firmly believe that this is the most recognized answer so far.

Well, you should recommend some books and people, right Then you should read some books about the history of western culture and recommend some books.

1 History of Western Culture Ye Shengnian Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press

2. History of Western Culture, Xin Xu Peking University Publishing House.

3. Essentials of Western Culture Wang Zengcai Jiangsu Education Publishing House

Of course, you can also read the Bible and Russell's History of Western Philosophy, which will definitely be a bit boring.

I personally suggest reading Liu Xiaofeng's book. He is a teacher at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Renmin University of China. His main research is Christianity, and he also has some works on culture. Now he is a doctoral supervisor of foreign philosophy, religion and western philosophy. His book is very interesting and must be read.

6. In addition, there is Professor Liang Gong from the College of Literature of Henan University. He has also been engaged in Christian studies for a long time, and his books are very authoritative.