ing honor to your clan. With the emphasis on the collective, the sense of self blurred so much that it practically didn't exist. In fact, individualism was seen as immoral.РFaceРHaving faceРThe concept of face can be loosely described as someone′s social status or reputation in the eye of others.РThroughout a Chinese person′s life it must be maintained and enhanced through giving to and receiving from others in both words and actions.РFaceРLosing faceРIn situations where someone of reputation has made a mistake or done wrong, and the error is made attributable to that person in public, then that one person has "lost face" - their reputation in the eyes of their peers has been reduced.РTo make someone lose face or even unknowingly is a huge dishonor and could mean the end of a relationship.
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