目的语言: 英语
Chinese gods are far above mortals, practising an authoritarian rule over humans; while Western gods are full of compassion and implement an egalitarian rule.
In China, gods and humans are distinctly different. It is believed that once a human attains enlightenment and becomes a god, he leaves behind everything that made him human.
A human's luck and misfortune, birth, aging, sickness and death, wealth and marriage, are all controlled by the gods. The gods are the parents, and humans revere and honour them.
Marriages are arranged by Yue Lao (The Old Man under the Moon); he only has to tie a man and a woman together with a red thread and the couple is destined to marry. He does not concern himself with the question of whether the couple is in love.
The gods also allow the "True Son of Heaven" to rule the people and this is the the basis of legitimacy for all emperors of every successive dynasty. With the sayings "the Emperor is appointed by Heaven", and "as heaven does not change so the established way shall remain", the Chinese feudal system was able to enjoy 2 millennia of existence.
Yet in the West, although the gods also control the events on Earth, this is done with compassion and care.
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