My tendency to idealize Western civilization arises from my nationalistic desire to use the West in order to reform China. But this has led me to overlook the flaws of Western culture.

I have been obsequious toward Western civilization, exaggerating its merits and, at the same time, exaggerating my own merits.

In the emerging world of ethnic conflict and civilizational clash, Western belief in the universality of Western culture suffers three problems: it is false; it is immoral; and it is dangerous.

Christianity is the very root and foundation of Western civilization.

Overall, it seems that we have to accept that Western civilization will decline. It is, essentially, inevitable.

The center of Western culture is Greece, and we have never lost our ties with the architectural concepts of that ancient civilization.