In the world cultural system, the Orient is represented by the two great ancient civilizations of China and India. But India is still part of Indo-European culture and close to the West--the Catholic monastic system, for example, comes from Buddhism.
在世界文化體系中，代表東方的就是中國和印度兩大古文明，但印度還是屬於「印歐文化」，和西方很接近，像天主教的修院、修士等組織架構，完全是從佛教來的。