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MENTAL MODEL · M7152

Chinese Essence, Western Utility

Chinese Essence, Western Utility
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

CORE DEFINITION

The guiding thought of the 'Westernization Movement' in the late Qing Dynasty: maintaining the core of Chinese culture while borrowing Western practical technology.

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Selective integration. When borrowing external things, maintain one's own core values, neither closing the country nor wholesale Westernization. (Combined: Chinese-Western integration)

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Taking China's fundamental spirit/institutions as the essence and Western skills as utility, attempting to absorb instrumental strengths while safeguarding the subject's values.

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