All this happened, more or less.

Westerners tend to attribute events to causes internal to the object or person whereas Asians are more likely than Westerners to attribute causality to the context or situation [1,2]. Westerners are more likely
to use categorization and rules in reasoning about everyday life events whereas East Asians are more likely
to emphasize relationships and similarities [3]. Richard E. Nisbett and Yuri Miyamoto. The influence of culture: holistic versus analytic perception. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. Vol.9 No.10 October 2005

Интересно было бы посмотреть разницу в восприятии истории европейцами и азиатами. В хайку, оригиналах и переводах, тоже что-то должно просочиться.

Is there an Oriental equivalent of Platonism?