Study on Differences of Chinese and American   Friendship Concepts from the Perspective of Friendship Dictums

Huang Zixun

doi:10.64649/yh.eg.issn3078-4794.20260405

Study on Differences of Chinese and American Friendship Concepts from the Perspective of Friendship Dictums

期刊: 《Educational Guide》 DOI:10.64649/yh.eg.issn3078-4794.20260405 全文阅读返回期刊

Huang Zixun

Nanning College of Technology, Guilin, Guangxi 541006, China.

摘要

Friendship is an indispensable part of our life. The friendship assumes a social responsibility, and also reflects the culture of a nation. People who live in different countries and study in different cultures have dissimilar definitions and understanding of friendship. The background of Chinese and American culture is different, so the understanding of concepts and the orientations of values in dealing with friendship are also different, and there are still lots of conflicts in some aspects between these two countries. This text analyzes and compares to the Chinese-American friendship dictums, and expounds the different friendship concepts between China and America from the differences of maintaining friendship, the differences of distances between friends, the differences of purposes of making friends, the differences of the ways to establish and hold friendship together, and the differences of responsibilities between friends. It also analyzes the dissimilar points of view of people in two countries and the reasons that create these viewpoints through the cross-culture. This text would be a reference for Chinese who are communicating with American, and also deepen the comprehension of each other’s culture, and improve the level of cross-cultural social intercourse and the ability of communication.

关键词

friendship dictums; differences of friendship concepts; the reasons of differences; cross-cultural communication

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