AlthoughancientChinesemythologydoesnothaverelativelycompleteplotandmythologicalfiguresdon'thavesystematicgenealogy,theyhavedistinctfeaturesoforientalculture,amongwhichthespiritofesteemingvirtueisparticularlysignificant.WhencomparedwithWesternmythology,especiallyGreekmythology,thisspiritofesteemingvirtueisevenmoreprominent.InWesternmythology,especiallyGreekmythology,thecriteriaforjudgingwhetheragodisgoodornotaremostlythegod'swisdomandstrength,whileinancientChinesemythology,thecriterionliesinmorality.ThiswayofthinkingisdeeplyrootedinChineseculture.Forthousandsofyears,thisspiritofesteemingvirtuehasaffectedpeople'scommentsonhistoricalfiguresandexpectationsofrealpeople.