由于长期沉浸在其光辉的古老学术传统中,普遍认为中国缺乏学术独创性,仅长于模仿而非创新。中国已尽力摆脱这一看法。有些人将这一创造力不足归咎于中国几千年来的儒家传统,包括它强调等级制、尊崇长者及其行事方式。另一些人则认为是由于其令人恼火的复杂的书写体系,基本掌握书写就需要那些小学生花费大量的时间用于机械地模仿和死记硬背,而不是用于培养他们创造和分析思考的能力。更有人将原因推到中国官僚化的教育体制上,这一体制是新中国刚成立的20世纪50年代早期从前苏联照搬过来的。 Due to long-term immersion in its glorious ancient academic tradition, it is generally believed that China lacks academic originality and is only longer than imitation rather than innovation. China has tried its best to get rid of this view. Some people attribute this lack of creativity to China’s Confucian tradition for thousands of years, including its emphasis on hierarchy, respect for the elderly, and the way it is done. Others believe that due to its annoyingly complicated writing system, basic mastery of writing requires that pupils spend a great deal of time for mechanical imitation and memorization, rather than for their ability to create and analyze thinking. . Some even pushed the reason to the bureaucratic education system in China, which was copied from the former Soviet Union in the early 1950s when New China was established.