自然环境是人类生存的基本条件,因此它也是影响人的生活方式的一个重要因素。自然环境的广大性和持久性表明,它不是造成个体生活方式差别的导因,它影响的对象主要是生活在一个广阔地域、人口众多的社会主体、常常包容着许多民族。因此,我们可以用稳定的自然环境比较和解释不同的社会生活方式,用环境的差别性说明同一时期不同国家和民族的社会生活方式的差别性。由于环境对生活方式的影响是通过人的心理结构进行的,因此,我们在探讨自然环境对生活方式影响的过程中,必须首先揭示自然环境对一个文化系统形成和稳定的巨大作用,然后才能说明文化系统的心理特点是如何影响社会生活方式的。中国文化是世界四个文明起源中唯一保存下来的文化系统,它年代之久远,资料之丰富,内容之 The natural environment is the basic condition for human existence, so it is also an important factor affecting people’s way of life. The vastness and permanence of the natural environment show that it is not the cause of the differences in individual lifestyles. The main objects of its impact are mainly social subjects living in a vast area and a large population, often containing many ethnic groups. Therefore, we can compare and explain different social lifestyles in a stable natural environment and use environmental differences to illustrate the differences in social lifestyles among different countries and ethnic groups in the same period. As the influence of environment on life style is through the psychological structure of human beings, we must first reveal the great influence of the natural environment on the formation and stability of a cultural system in exploring the impact of the natural environment on the way of life, before we can explain How the psychological characteristics of a cultural system affect the social lifestyles. Chinese culture is the only cultural system preserved in the origins of the four civilizations in the world. It has a long history, rich sources of information,