具体说来，北方文化的最高理念是“先质而后文”。

To be specific, the supreme concept of the north culture is that "material is prior to culture".

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“屈赋”是中国北方文化与处于南方楚地文化相互交融的结果。

Qufu is the combination of northern culture and southern Chu Dynasty Culture.

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两晋之际，王导等人引玄风南下，将先进的北方文化传播到江南。

Between Western Jin and Eastern Jin Dynasties, Wang Dao draws metaphysics into south, propagates advanced northern culture to south.

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They were very suspicious of the democratic tendencies, or so it seemed, the democratic tendencies of that northern society which was spreading literacy more widely, and eventually the right to vote more widely, at least among white people.

他们也对民主倾向表示怀疑,事实就是如此,有着民主倾向的北方社会,文化教育的开展更为广泛,因而更广大人民有着投票权,至少大部分白人有投票权

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