This kind of injury shows the difference between China and the United States, not only in terms of legal and moral standards between China and the United States, but also in terms of concepts, and even touches on many issues such as legal theory and Chinese medicine theory. Due to the differences in time and space, the eastern and western cultures and concepts-behaviors of China and the United States are different, and then conflicts arise. In terms of time, the differences are mainly manifested in the contradiction between national tradition and modernity. In terms of space, the differences between China and the West are caused by the region, history, politics and economy of the country, which are manifested in the traditional national spiritual background, cultural background and philosophical background. Therefore, the analysis of this film, we can not only stay in the specific story, but also from the big cultural background, from the historical tradition.
First of all, from the aspect of cultural origin, China and the West are different in philosophy. The West advocates positivist rationalism, and its medicine-anatomy is based on philosophical thinking, so we don't understand the Qi theory of "scraping", while China's philosophy is characterized by "the unity of nature and man", which is to explore the relationship between nature and man. Confucianism stresses morality and teaches people how to attach importance to humanistic life; Taoism emphasizes the evolution of the universe and teaches people to adapt to nature. In the movie, we can see that when Xu Datong told them the principle of "scraping" in court, the Americans present showed that the judge could not understand his defense and thought that he was talking nonsense, and even his lawyer could not understand him in this respect. Secondly, China attaches great importance to group consciousness and overall value, and thinks that people should contribute to family and society, while the West emphasizes individualism, pursuing individual freedom, thinking and choosing freely. In the film, we can also see how Xu Datong painfully concealed the truth with his wife in order not to let his elderly father worry; In order to let the old father meet him personally, the grandson "stole" Dennis from the welfare home. China people attach great importance to family ethics. They attach importance to everyone's social status in the family and emphasize family concepts and feelings. Western culture has always been respected because of their personal ideas. They have been educated in the spirit of independence, but their family feelings are relatively weak. American parents respect their children's freedom of movement and let them develop freely within the scope of big principles. Thirdly, China people's way of thinking is comprehensive, recognizing the overall relationship between man and nature and the wide range of things, and pursuing perfection and unity. The western thinking mode is analytical, and this thinking culture has formed a relatively formal group with orderly distribution of rights, responsibilities and identities. Therefore, for China people, American thoughts seem cold and impersonal, while westerners think China people's thoughts are obscure.
Let's look at the cultural differences of ideas, which are deep cultural differences, such as people's values, ways of thinking, social mentality, aesthetic concepts and so on. A person can live in another culture for a long time, master their language and understand their customs, but may not understand some of its values. Xu Datong is a living example. Because in the deep culture, Xu Datong still represents the traditional culture of China, which embodies a woman's attitude, friends, views and so on. When looking at things, Americans like to face facts, stick to their own views and have reliable information. From this we can see that Americans deal with problems based on facts. However, China people, in the face of facts, human feelings seem to be more important. In the film, we can see the personal evidence of the Children's Welfare Bureau of the court, and ask the witness to list how convincing one is. Although China people think it is incredible, and Xu Datong describes how to love only his own son, there is no strong evidence. In the film and a detail, two boys, Xu Datong, slapped the child in the face in Nanning-Guiyang-Kunming Lan. Later, he said in Nanning-Guiyang-Kunming Lan, "I slapped the child to show you. Here, the East and the West are concerned with children's attitudes. As private property, China children belong to me. Although Xu Datong thinks that hitting children is a respect for friends, in Quinlan's view, hitting people is illegal, no matter who hits them. Americans believe that parents and children are equal, and parents rarely decide anything for their children, but let them work hard on their own. In the eyes of friends, eastern and western cultures also contain different meanings. Edward Steward & Milton Bennett said of American friends: "Although Americans maintain many friendly unofficial contacts, they rarely have such deep and lasting years. The ideal state of this relationship is American friendship, which is based on natural, attractive and passionate personal feelings. People choose my friends, at the same time, they also separate friends or relationships from social work obligations. "In China, the situation is different. What friends pay attention to is that the longer the time, the better, and the more promises, the better. The ideal state is to go through hell for my best friend in refusing to die. For the sake of the great future of friends in China, if you have difficulties, you should make donations as much as you can. When Lan sentenced him to beating a child, he accused Lan of "I took you as his friend, but you betrayed me in court!" " La Kong Lan felt wronged and didn't understand: "I'm just telling the truth." Honesty is one of the most basic virtues in America. You make an American lie, which is equivalent to making him give up his basic values.
While showing differences, Chinese and American films also express a yearning for cultural assimilation and cultural integration. Abram passed by the Chinatown porcelain shop in Queensland and tried to "scrape" himself; From Xu Datong, except for the program, the police downstairs, and the wixh applause from residents, from the time he climbed the house on the ninth floor and the children led by Amran Foley to congratulate him on his sacred happiness and welcome home, the audience seemed to see the gap between Chinese and Western cultures advocated by westerners, and began to approach the traditional culture of China, and finally conquered all human feelings. The ending of the story is perfect, but we must not ignore the cultural differences, which requires us to strengthen exchanges and communication. I hope that in the near future, a "Great Harmony" world will really appear in front of us!