A Comparative Research on the Study of Happiness in Ancient China and Greece

The philosophy in ancient China and ancient Greece shares a lot in their opinions to happiness.This research lines out their similarities as well as the differences from a cultural perspective.It covers the concept of happiness,t he components of happiness and the actualization of happiness.Both ancient Chinese and ancient Greeks value happiness with physical health, fortune and virtue, but the Greeks regard happiness as one of the ultimate goals of living while the Chinese treat it as a scale of human nobility.For the components of happiness, Chinese focus on the longevity of living while the Greeks center on the physical fitness of human structure.In the actualization of happiness, Chinese rely on human heart while the Greeks seek it from the outer world.Asceticism is advocated in both culture, but the stresses, aims and methods are all different.