英语对话，求一篇关于中国人时间观念的英语对话

TheTimesofHeaveninChineseAncientPhilosophySincemiddleages,westernersheldmainlytwoviewsontime:eschatological(teleological)andphysical(scientific).TheformercamefromChristianityandunderstoodtimethroughtherelationsbetweenhumanbeingandGod.Timeorhistorygoestowardstheexpectableend,i.e.,theLastJudgment.Thelatterisconnectedwiththemeansofmeasuringtime,whichbecomesmoreandmoreprecise.Tothisview,timeessentiallyhasnothingtodowithhuman'sexistence.

Itisanobjective,evenandirreversiblepassing,havingnomeaningbyitselfandservingmerelyasanexistentformofphysicalbeings.Certainly,fromthebeginningofthiscentury,therehavebeennewperspectivesoccurringinscienceandphilosophyamongwhich,thephenomenologicaloneinabroadersenseisespeciallyconcernedwithus.Uptonow,Chinesephilosophyisusuallyapproached,atleastinChina,throughtheconceptualperspectiveofthetraditionalwesternmetaphysics.Therefore,seldominteresthasbeenputontheproblemoftimeinChineseancientliteratureduetoitsnon-metaphysicalcharacter.

Itistruethat,generallyspeaking,thereisneitherteleologicalnorphysicalviewontimeinChinesetradition.But,ifwereadtheliteratureofpre-Qinperiod,especiallypre-Warring-Statesperiodfaithfully,wemayfindastrikingroleoftime(shi2)1inthem.DuringthecrucialtimeofChinesehistory,thewisemenexperiencedtimeoriginallyandconcernedthemselveswithit.Thisisaphenomenonthatwasextremelyrareinothercivilizations.

WefindanotherrarityinancientGreece,wherethephilosophers,peoplewholovedwisdom,werefascinatedbymathematicsandpureform(eidos)ofbeing.