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Abstract :This paper explains the conceptsof Chinese Wuxing power of understanding/ comprehension/ intuition and Western Rationality，tracing their sources and analyzing their different Thepaper also gives some major manifestationsof these two thought patternsin the Chineseand English Key Words:wuxing; rationality; Chinese; English
