1990年前后,季羡林先生在数篇文章中反复阐述了一个观点:“从人类全部历史上来看,东方文化和西方文化的关系是‘三十年河东,三十年河西'。目前流行全世界的西方文化并非从来如此,也决不可能永远如此……到了二十一世纪,三十年河西的西方文化就将逐步让位于三十年河东的东方文化,人类文化的发展将进入一个新时期。” Before and after 1990, Ji Xianlin repeatedly elaborated one view in several articles: “From the perspective of all mankind's history, the relationship between the oriental culture and the western culture is” Thirty Years of Hedong and Thirty Years of Hexi. “Currently, the world is popularized Western culture is not always the case, it can never be the case ... ... By the 21st century, three decades of Western Hexi Western culture will gradually give way to Eastern Hedong in three decades of culture, the development of human culture will enter a new period.”