Has anybody compared Chinese versus western philosophy?
 

It is truly different.

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/comparphil-chiwes/

I thought Islamic thought was different, but it had its period of blending and incorporating Greek philosophy. Chinese, until recently, did not.

I have a good friend serving a mission in Taiwan.

The absolute incomparability and incompatibility of western and eastern thought still astounds me. Our ideological genealogy sprout from completely opposite sides of the family tree.

I've got a friend here (LDS, as if it matters) who is comparing Chinese and Italian literature from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries for his dissertation. He does a lot of Dante (not exactly philosophy, but not completely out of range) and Taoism. Of course, he's in Taiwan right now.

I was probably overly hyperbolic. Of course there are similarities, given that many human predicaments are identical across cultures, but the degree to which eastern and western thought are similar is comparatively low. Then again, maybe it is, but we're just not that familiar with much outside of western tradition.

I have not studied Chinese philosophy, although I believe Flash has.

But when I was in library school, I did my best to infuse intellectual study where possible (this is a tall order in library school). One way I managed it was by considering the classification systems devised around the world. You can tell a lot about a people, their priorities, and how they think, by looking at how they organize knowledge. In the Chinese system, Communism comes first and the entire system is very science heavy.

Chinese Classification:

• 1.1 A. Marxism, Leninism, Maoism & Deng Xiaoping Theory
• 1.2 B. Philosophy and Religion
• 1.3 C. Social Sciences
• 1.4 D. Politics and Law
• 1.5 E. Military Science
• 1.6 F. Economics
• 1.7 G. Culture, Science, Education and Sports
• 1.8 H. Languages and Linguistics
• 1.9 I. Literature
• 1.10 J. Art
• 1.11 K. History and Geography
• 1.12 N. Natural Science
• 1.13 O. Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry
• 1.14 P. Astronomy and Geoscience
• 1.15 Q. Life Sciences
• 1.16 R. Medicine and Health Sciences
• 1.17 S. Agricultural Science
• 1.18 T. Industrial Technology
• 1.19 U. Transportation
• 1.20 V. Aviation and Aerospace
• 1.21 X. Environmental Science
• 1.22 Z. General, Miscellaneous, Auxiliary and Others

Dewey:

• 000 – Computer science, information, and reference works
• 100 – Philosophy and psychology
• 200 – Religion
• 300 – Social sciences
• 400 – Language
• 500 – Science
• 600 – Technology
• 700 – Arts and recreation
• 800 – Literature
• 900 – History and geography

Library of Congress:

A GENERAL WORKS
B PHILOSOPHY. PSYCHOLOGY. RELIGION
C AUXILIARY SCIENCES OF HISTORY
D HISTORY: GENERAL AND OLD WORLD
E HISTORY: AMERICA
F HISTORY: AMERICA
G GEOGRAPHY. ANTHROPOLOGY. RECREATION
H SOCIAL SCIENCES
J POLITICAL SCIENCE
K LAW
L EDUCATION
M MUSIC AND BOOKS ON MUSIC
N FINE ARTS
P LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Q SCIENCE
R MEDICINE
S AGRICULTURE
T TECHNOLOGY
U MILITARY SCIENCE
V NAVAL SCIENCE
Z BIBLIOGRAPHY. LIBRARY SCIENCE. INFORMATION RESOURCES (GENERAL)

Western political philosophy focuses on rights.

Chinese political philosophy focuses on duties.

One interesting aspect I was reading is that the philosophy is treated differently because Chinese language functions quite differently.

Chinese is a non-inflected langauges and focuses upon Names. There is no case, no tense. There is only one plural -"men".

Women hen gaoxing jian dao ni. It's a naming game.

English and European languages focus upon propositions, and most are highly to slightly inflected.