Abstract：The legendary Swordsman, a martial arts fiction written by Jin Yong, recounts tales of Chinese swordsmen revolved around the Jianghu. Le Morte D’Arthur, an epic story by Sir Thomas Malory, illustrates the life of the knightly class in medieval Britain. Abounding with adventures, romances and power struggles, the two works sing praises of heroism and spirit of martialism and respectively reflect the chivalrous culture in China and knight culture in Britain. While similar in themes, the Chinese chivalry culture and the British knight culture differ in class basis. Basically, the British knight culture belongs to aristocratic culture，while the Chinese chivalry culture belongs to the civilian culture. Set in varied historical backgrounds, the two cultures demonstrate different behavioral patterns.

This thesis, initiated by my personal passion towards Chinese chivalry and English Knighthood, probes into a contrastive analysis of the Chinese chivalrous culture and British knight culture. The entire essay can be pided into three parts, a study of the historical backgrounds that generated the spirits, the behavioral patterns and the cultural influence. Through the approach of contrasting and making detailed textual analysis, the thesis comes to a conclusion that both cultures advocate the use of force and justice. However, due to different cultural backgrounds and social conditions, the influence on their respective societies is also different. In short, fundamentally speaking, the British Knight culture belongs to aristocratic culture, while Chinese Chivalry culture is common people’s culture. There may be more similarities and differences between the two, and they need to be further explored by scholars. With the exchange and integration of various ethnic cultures, the two will also influence and blend each other.

Key Words: the Chinese chivalrous culture，the British knight culture, cultural commonalities and discrepancies, comparative research

摘要：《笑傲江湖》是金庸撰写的一部武侠小说，讲述了江湖中中国侠客的传奇故事。《亚瑟王之死》是托马斯马洛礼的史诗著作，记载了英国中世纪的骑士生活。这两部作品充满冒险，浪漫和权力斗争，颂扬英雄主义和武侠精神，分别反映中国的侠义文化和英国的骑士文化。虽然主题类似，但中国骑士文化与英国骑士文化在阶级基础上有所不同。基本上，英国骑士文化属于贵族文化，而中国侠士文化属于平民文化。在不同的历史背景下，这两种文化展现出不同的行为模式和文化差异。

本文以我个人对中国侠义和英国骑士精神的热情为出发点，对中国侠士和英国骑士文化进行了对比分析。 整篇论文可以分为三部分，即研究产生精神的历史背景，行为模式和文化影响。 通过对比和做详细的文本分析的方法，论文得出的结论是两种文化都崇尚武力和正义。但是由于文化背景，社会状态的不同，他们对各自社会造成的影响也不同。总之，从根本上说，英国骑士文化属于贵族文化。中国武侠文化是一种属于平民的文化。两者可能有更多的相似之处和不同之处，需要学者进一步探讨。随着中英文化的交流融合，二者也会相互影响和融合。

关键词：骑士文化 侠义文化 文化异同 对比研究

CONTENTS

Acknowledgements…. …i

Abstract. . ii

摘要….. ... . iii

1 Introduction 2

2 Literature Review 4

3 British Knighthood and Chinese Chivalry 6

3. 1 Historical Backgrounds 6

3.2 The Spirit Connotation 8

4 The Behavioral Patterns of the Two Cultures 11

4. 1 The Behavioral Patterns of the Knight ..…. …. . … . 11

4. 2 The Behavioral Patterns of the Swordsman… 11

4. 3 Comparison of the Two Patterns... 12

5 The Cultural Influence of the Swordsman and the Knight….…. …15

5. 1 The Cultural Influence of the Knight. 15