Juan Chang-juei reminds us that because red symbolizes the vitality of life, and all mankind in early times had their magic ways to expel evil, it was by no means unique to China, and in the distant past Westerners also considered red to represent auspiciousness.
阮昌銳提到，正由於紅色的象徵起源於大自然的生命意義，及人類早期避邪的咒術，所以它並非中國獨有的專利，早期西方人也認為紅色是吉利的代表。