欧洲人认识中国的拐点（Europeans know the inflection point of China）.docVIP

欧洲人认识中国的拐点（Europeans know the inflection point of China） Europeans know the inflection point of China There is such a story: Fifteen king Louis and his secretary Beltran to discuss ways to get rid of the abuses of the state. Beltran proposed to the general spirit of the people of his holiness, asked: what are you going to do? Berthin answer: Your Majesty, for the French with Chinese spirit. It happened in the first half of the eighteenth Century, when the climax of the European Enlightenment and the Qianlong period of China reflected the French attitude towards Chinese culture at that time. The history of European transition to modern times is accompanied by a process of discovery, reference and critique of the other culture. In 15 - sixteenth Century, when Europeans realized their great geographical discoveries, they began a more significant cultural discovery of the world. In sub Saharan Africa, Europeans saw in its original state under the dark continent; in America the jungle, they saw the natural simplicity of the Indians; in the Pacific island of Tahiti, they saw the rest in the sunshine, beaches and palm trees of the noble savage; in India, they saw a variety of gods, inexplicable faith Oriental; only in Chinese, they saw another scene. In sixteenth Century, the grim analysis of known French humanist writer Montaigne described Chinese: in Chinese, none of our business and knowledge, but beyond the Kingdom management and art was, in some respects beyond our model, its history makes us feel that the world is so vast and rich and colorful, this is our experience both ancient and modern people cannot. After the great discovery of geography, the Europeans of the traditional culture is relatively weak, the state power of the less powerful area began in the colonial plunder and aggression, and in the long history, cultural development and social prosperity of the China culture before, they bowed his head, began on the culture of learning and thinking. To discover th