中文摘要：数字在中西文化中占有重要的一席之地，作为语言的一部分，其不仅拥有计数的功能，更含有丰富、引人入胜的文化内涵。随着中西方社会发展，数字在各自的文化中被赋予上了相似或差异的内涵。本文运用对比分析的研究方法探求中西数字文化内涵各自的源与流，并归纳出中西数字文化内涵的差异，最后揭示差异背后的原因。对比中西文化中的数字文化内涵差异无疑将对二语习得、跨文化交际以及英汉互译起到一定的积极作用。

关键词：文化内涵；数字；中国文化；西方文化；对比分析

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Abstract

中文摘要

1.Introduction.1

2.the Origins and Development of the Cultural Connotations of Numbers in Chinese Culture 2

2.1 Lao Zi’s Philosophy and the Image of Numbers from 1-10 in Chinese Culture2

2.1.1 Lao Zi’s Philosophy.2

2.1.2 The Image of Numbers from 1-10 in Chinese Culture.5

3.the Origins and Development of the Cultural Connotations of Numbers in Western Culture10

3.1 Pythagoras’s Theory of Number as Arche with Its Deeply Broad Influence and the Image of Numbers from 1-10 in Western Culture . .10

3.1.1 Pythagoras’ Theory of Number as Arche with Its Deeply Broad  Influence10

3.1.2 The Image of Numbers from 1-10 in Western Culture. 13

4.The Reason for Different Cultural Connotations of Numbers in Chinese and Western Culture17

5.Conclusion.19

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