As historical and literary classics, both Zuo Zhuan and Herodotus' Histories attach great importance to the roles of ethics in social history. In these two works, the ethical predicament encountered by certain characters are keenly observed and carefully portrayed. Some predicaments are imposed by external factors, others brought about by the conflicts of the characters' internal ethical values. The characters' choices when the characters are faced with these predicament reveal the similarities and differences between Chinese and Western ethica...
