近代以來，東亞許多國家緩慢地執行著去“中國化”的政策，並積極引進歐美文化，這在許多國家引起了思想混亂的局面，在美版知乎Quora上，日本網友提問道：如果日韓越等東亞各國剝除中國文化，那我們還剩下什麽？這引起各國網友的圍觀和熱議，他們認爲中國文化與各國本土文化深刻交融，根本不可能替代。
問題：剝除中國文化，東亞國家還剩什麽？
韓國網友Stefan的回答
Before Chinese culture spread to Korea, they had no writing system, only spoken language. In fact, Korean did not appear until the 15th century, and did not completely occupy the language and literature stage of the Korean Peninsula until the middle of the 20th century. Modern Korean borrows a lot of English Neologisms on the basis of proverbs, but 60% of the total vocabulary is still Chinese.
在中國文化傳播到韓國之前，他們沒有書寫系統，只有口語。實際上，直到15世紀，朝鮮語才出現，直到20世紀中葉才完全占據朝鮮半島的語言和文學舞台。現代韓語在諺文基礎上，大量借用英語新詞，但總詞彙量的60%仍爲漢語。
Apart from the influence of China, South Korea’s own cultural influence will be few. Traditional culture, architecture, religion, music, science, governance, art, clothing, military, medicine and everything else are almost complete copies of China in different historical periods.
除去中國的影響，韓國自己的文化影響力將所剩無幾。傳統文化、建築、宗教、音樂、科學、治理、藝術、服飾、軍事、醫學和其他一切幾乎都是中國在不同曆史時期的完全複制品。
In fact, for thousands of years, South Korea has always claimed that it is a small China and is proud of it.
事實上，幾千年來，韓國一直聲稱自己是小中國，並引以爲傲。
For the eastern countries, China is like the Western Roman Empire. It is the origin of everything, but it has spread for thousands of years and has never disappeared, but this does not mean that South Korea is basically a replica of China. North Korea absorbed, introduced and reinterpreted Chinese culture in many ways. It copied some of it as it is, and then mixed some with local culture to become what it is today.
對東方諸國來說，中國就像是西方的羅馬帝國，他是一切的緣起，只是他流傳千年，從未消失，可這並不是說韓國基本上是中國的翻版。朝鮮以多種方式吸收引進並重新解釋了中國文化，它原樣照搬了一些，然後將一些與本土文化混合，變成了今天這個樣子。
Despite the great influence of China, Korean culture is still Korean. Even in the Korean Dynasty, many people believe that North Korea has become a very “Chinese” country. North Korea still reinterprets Confucianism in a different way from China, and disagrees with China in many Confucian interpretations.
盡管受到中國的巨大影響，韓國文化仍然是韓國的，即使在朝鮮王朝，許多人認爲朝鮮變成了一個非常“中國式”的國家，朝鮮仍然以不同于中國的方式重新解釋儒家思想，並在許多儒家解釋上與中國意見相左。
Back to this question, I feel that this question is not tenable at all, because you can’t distinguish which factors have an impact on Korean culture.
回到這個問題上來，我感覺這個問題根本不成立，因爲你無法區分哪些因素對韓國文化産生了如何的影響。
There is no 100% pure culture in the world, no 100% pure British culture, no 100% pure Japanese culture, and even for China, there is no 100% Chinese culture. Despite its large scale, it was still influenced by other countries through conquest and trade.
世界上不存在100%純粹的文化，沒有100%純正的英國文化，沒有100%純粹的日本文化，即使對中國來說，也沒有100%的中國文化。盡管它的規模很大，但它仍然通過征服和貿易受到其他國家的影響。
If we say that due to some fate, the source of civilization, the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, has never appeared. China is a desert of civilization, where there is no civilization at all. I guess Japan will be more like Polynesia in culture. The animism that led to the birth of Shintoism will become the dominant religion, and the influence of India and Muslims will affect Japan.
假如說，由于某種命運的安排，文明的源頭長江黃河從未出現過，中國是一片文明的荒漠，那裏根本沒有文明，我猜日本在文化上會更像波利尼西亞，導致神道教誕生的萬物有靈論將成爲主導宗教，印度和穆斯林的影響將波及日本。
There will be conflicts between different cultural influences, depending on who stands in the first place. Without the infiltration of Chinese culture, Japanese society can be like Indonesia or New Guinea.
不同的文化影響之間會有沖突，取決于誰站在首位，如果沒有中國文化的浸潤，日本社會可以像印度尼西亞或新幾內亞一樣。
波利尼西亞
Japan is likely to develop a voice based language similar to Hindi, which is verbally similar to today’s Japanese, but completely unfamiliar with the writing system.
日本很可能會發展一種類似印地語、以語音爲基礎的語言，這種語言在口頭上與今天的日語相似，但完全陌生的書寫系統。
Japan will remain a belligerent and ocean going country. Compared with history, it may also be more commercial than agricultural. But metal processing will lag far behind. Its warriors may look more like Incas, replacing samurai swords with obsidian and shark tooth swords, and there will be many pirates.
日本仍將是好戰並鍾愛遠洋航行國家。與曆史相比，它也可能更具商業性而非農業性。但金屬加工將大大落後。它的戰士可能看起來更像印加人，用黑曜石和鲨魚齒劍代替武士刀，還會有很多海盜。
Japan is more likely to eventually become a colony. Due to the slow technological progress and the failure to see China colonized first, Japan will not be prepared for the invasion of the West. In addition, without China, the West may not have found gunpowder, and it may regress for a longer time, and Japan may eventually become a colony of the Ottoman Empire.
日本更有可能最終成爲殖民地。由于技術進步緩慢，而且沒有看到中國首先被殖民，日本對西方的入侵會准備不足。此外，如果沒有中國，西方可能還沒有發現火藥，而且可能會倒退更長時間，日本可能最終淪爲奧斯曼帝國的殖民地。
新加坡網友Johnny Bai的回答
Unlike the Koreans or Japanese under the issue, I don’t think this issue is offensive at all. It’s worth discussing. Maybe some people are too conservative and sensitive.
和問題下邊的韓國人或日本人不一樣，我認爲這個問題一點也不具有冒犯性，很值得進行討論，也許有些人太過保守和敏感。
烹饪/Cooking
• without the influence of Chinese diet, we would not have soy sauce, seafood sauce or other sauces, as well as some popular Chinese foods, such as pasta, pancakes, soup, fried dishes, many dishes with different cooking skills and types. Although noodles and porridge are plain, we will make up for this with delicious side dishes, such as fish sauce, fresh vanilla, lemon grass Banana leaves.
•如果沒有中國飲食的影響，我們就不會有醬油、海鮮醬或其他調味汁，以及一些流行的中國食物，比如面食、 烙餅，羹湯、炒菜，許多不同烹饪技巧和種類的菜肴，面條和粥雖然平淡，但我們會用美味的配菜來彌補這一點，比如魚露、新鮮香草、檸檬草、香蕉葉。
語言/Language
I have to admit that without Chinese, we would not have those gorgeous words and philosophical idioms. Korean and Vietnamese poetry will disappear, but we still have colorful knife poetry. In my opinion, our vernacular poetry is as beautiful as Chinese ancient poetry, and it is easier to understand and appreciate. Vietnamese will be simpler and easier to understand.
不得不承認，如果沒有漢語，我們就不會擁有那些華麗的詞語，富于哲理的習語，韓越詩歌將消失，但我們還保存有多彩的刀刀詩，在我看來，我們的白話詩和中國古詩一樣美麗，也更容易理解和欣賞。越南語將更加簡單明了，通俗易懂。
節日和慶祝活動/Festivals and celebrations
清江節
• without China, there would be no lunar new year or mid autumn festival. We can only make up for it with Hongwang anniversary celebration, teachers’ day, Qingjiang Festival and hundreds of other rural festivals across the country. If there is no lion and dragon dance, we have only puppet performance and ethnic minority dance. We have to say that their artistic level is not at the same level.
•沒有中國就不會有農曆新年或中秋節，我們只能將就用鴻王周年慶典、教師節、清江節和全國數百個其他鄉村節日來彌補，如果沒有舞獅舞龍，我們就只有木偶表演和少數民族舞蹈，不得不說兩者的藝術水平不在一個層次上。
傳統服裝/Traditional clothing
越南民族服飾
Audrey dress is the national dress of Vietnam. Audrey is composed of a coat and trousers. The upper part of the coat is similar to China’s cheongsam. Obaba also has its unique charm. Interestingly, it is a kind of dress influenced by Malaysian clothes, which southern women usually wear when working in agriculture.
奧戴長裙是越南的國服，奧黛由上衣和褲子組成，上衣的上半段酷似中國的旗袍，奧巴巴也有其獨特的魅力，有趣的是，這是一種受馬來西亞服飾影響的服裝，南方女性通常在務農時穿著。
建築/Architecture
• stripped of Chinese elements, many temples and palaces will have to be demolished, but we have Thai floor houses.
•剝除中國元素，許多寺廟、宮殿將不得不拆除，但我們有泰族人的地板房。
越南網友黃永桑的回答
This question is actually absurd. Without history and interaction with other countries, what will a modern country become? Could England be England without the invasion and occupation of France? If the Mongols and Manchus failed to conquer China, would China still be the present China? It’s hard to say that many things are unpredictable.
這個問題其實很荒謬。沒有曆史和與其他國家的互動，現代國家會變成什麽樣？越南的國名將不複存在，如果沒有法國的入侵和占領，英格蘭還能是英格蘭嗎？如果蒙古人和滿族人沒能征服中國，中國還會是現在這個中國嗎？很難說，很多事情是不可預測的。
Back to the question, if there is another parallel universe without China, and Vietnam’s land has not been touched by any other country, what would the Ancient Vietnamese look like in modern times, right?
回到問題上來，如果有另一個沒有中國的平行宇宙，而越南的土地仍然沒有被任何其他國家觸及過，古代越南人來到現代會是什麽樣子的，對嗎？
1. Race and traits: there may be more Indian varieties in Southeast Asia, similar to Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, with brown skin and curved hair.
1.人種和性狀：東南亞可能會有更多印度品種，與泰國、老撾和柬埔寨類似，棕色皮膚，彎曲的頭發。
2. Culture and language: Based on Mon Khmer without Chinese elements. Vietnamese should be similar to Khmer people, with no tone and many clusters, which is completely different from current Vietnamese.
2.文化和語言：以孟高棉語爲基礎，不含中國元素。越南語應該與高棉人相近，沒有聲調，有很多簇，與現在的越南語完全不同。
Culture will also be more Indian, without traces of China. No lanterns, no Chinese pagodas, no Chinese Buddhism, no Chinese clothes. The pagoda should be covered with gold, not red bricks. The Buddha will also be gold, not white stone. Without Confucianism, there are some religions similar to mysticism.
文化也將更加印度化，沒有中國的痕迹。沒有燈籠，沒有中國的寶塔，沒有中國的佛教，沒有中國的衣服。寶塔應該是用黃金覆蓋，而不是用紅磚。佛像也會是金色的，而不是白色的石頭。沒有儒家思想，卻存在一些類似于神秘主義的宗教。
3. Food: people will eat with their bare hands instead of chopsticks. Some foods will never be born, such as noodles, stewed pork, dumplings, steamed stuffed buns… Similarly, food will be more Indian or Southeast Asian.
3.食物：人們會徒手吃飯，而不是用筷子，有些食物永遠不會誕生，比如面條、炖豬肉、餃子、包子……同樣，食物會更印度化，或者更東南亞化。
東南亞飲食
4. Education: without Confucianism, the Vietnamese people would not care so much about education. People will live freer, lazier, more forthright, more honest and more careless.
4.教育：沒有儒家思想，越南人民就不會那麽關心教育。人們會生活得更自由、更懶惰、更直率、更誠實，也更粗心。
5. Lifestyle: people will pay more attention to the family, women can have a higher social status, and they can contribute to the family like men.
5.生活方式：人們將更關注家庭，女性可以擁有更高的社會地位，她們可以和男士一樣爲家庭做出貢獻。
However, the assumption is that I prefer the modern version of Vietnam, which is influenced by India (a long time ago), China (historically), France and the United States. I think Chinese characteristics are the most obvious. I can’t imagine Vietnam without it. I don’t think I will like that version of Vietnam. Many Vietnamese should feel the same as me.
可是，假設就是假設，我更喜歡現代版的越南，受印度（很久以前）、中國（曆史上）、法國和美國影響的越南。我認爲中國特色是最明顯的，我無法想象沒有它的越南，我想我不會喜歡那個版本的越南，很多越南人應該和我有著同樣的感覺。