中西文化比较实质是两种文明体系的比较。在中国这是一个超越意识形态,超越时间和空间范围,为诸多炎黄子孙所共同关心的话题。无论在封建社会末期,在半殖民地半封建时期,在新中国成立以后,也无论在大陆、香港、台湾,中西文化比较都曾掀起过阵阵浪潮,特别是在社会变革的关头。如今,随着改革开放的加速,“和平与发展”成为时代的主题,中西文化的交融和互补也将成为一种趋势,中西文化比较的浪潮极可能再度出现。如 The comparative essence of Chinese and Western cultures is the comparison of two civilizations. In China, this is a topic that transcends ideology and goes beyond the scope of time and space for the common concern of many Chinese descendents. Both at the end of the feudal society, in the semi-colonial and semi-feudal period, after the founding of New China, there has been a wave of upsurge in the comparison of the cultures of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and China and the West, especially at the moment of social change. Nowadays, with the acceleration of reform and opening up, “peace and development” have become the theme of the times. The blending and complementarity of Chinese and Western cultures will also become a trend and the tide of comparison of Chinese and Western cultures is likely to reappear. Such as