摘要:价值观是人们行为的准则，每个人都有自己的价值观，核心价值观可以说是一个国家的文化核心。本文首先从理论上诠释了核心价值观的概念和内涵，然后又阐释了中美两个国家的核心价值观及其发展历程。对于中国核心价值观，从封建社会到现代社会的发生发展以及形成过程进行全面的梳理。对于美国的核心价值观，从十八世纪到二十世纪的发展变化进行了详细的论述。在此基础上，本文又从经济、政治、文化、社会、生态和人性六个方面对两个国家的核心价值观进行了对比分析，揭示了中美两国核心价值观的差异，总结了形成差异的原因，认为了解中美两国核心价值观对当代大学生是非常重要的。最后，提出了一个国家践行其核心价值观应从教育内容和教育方式着手，培养和提高国民的核心价值观意识和整体素质。

关键词：核心价值观；美国；中国；发展

Contents

中文摘要

Abstract

1. Introduction-1

2. Core values in China and the USA.-1

2.1Core values in China-1

2.2Core values in the USA-2

3. The development of core values in China-3

3.1 Core values in ancient China-4

3.2Core values in modern China-6

3.3The change process of the core values in China-7

4. The development of core values in the USA-8

4.1 Core values in the early 17th century-8

4.2 Core values in the middle 18th century-9

4.3 Core values in the late 18th century-11

4.4 Core values in the early 20th century-12

5. Differences of core values between China and the USA-13

5.1. Different core values in economy between China and the USA-13

5.2. Different core values in politics between China and the USA.-14

5.3. Different core values in culture between China and the USA-15

5.4 Different core values in society between China and the USA-15

5.5 Different core values in ecology between China and the USA-16

5.6 Different core values in humanity between China and the USA-17

Conclusion-18

References-20

Acknowledgements-21