East and West

PREFACE

CHAPTER Ⅰ.ENVIRONMENT : MARITIME WEST vs. CONTINENTAL EAST
- Roman Mare Nostrum vs. Sinic Central Plain
- Western Open-expanding vs. Eastern Closed-Circumscribed World
- Western Separation vs. Eastern Union

CHAPTER Ⅱ.MAN AND NATURE : WESTERN GOD vs. EASTERN TAO
- Western Monotheism vs. Eastern Taoism
- Humankind : Creation vs. Evolution
- Western Evolution vs. Eastern Transformation

CHAPTER Ⅲ.MIND AND BODY : WESTERN DIALECTIC vs. EASTERN HARMONY
- Western Spirit vs. eastern li - chi
- The Limbic System And The Neocortex
- Human Nature : tabula rasa vs. Self-preservation

CHAPTER Ⅳ.MAN AND MAN : WESTERN INDIVIDUALITY vs. EASTERN RELATIONSHIP
- Christianity and Confucianism
- The Sinicization of Buddhism and Communism
- The Eastern Art of War vs. the Western On War

CHAPTER Ⅴ.CIVILIZATION : YIN AND YANG
- Eastern Yin vs. Western Yang
- Admiral Cheng Ho vs. Vasco Da Gama
- East And Western Paradigm

CHAPTER Ⅵ.CULTURAL EVOLUTION : ETHICS AND SCIENCE
- Western Spirit and Science
- Eastern Preservation vs. Western Expansion
- Towards Syncretism

IN PLACE OF A CONCLUSION