In traditional Chinese culture, Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism all support pursuit of mental synchronization between the universe and humans. This synchronization is a state of forgetting oneself. Pursuit of this state has influenced Chinese national character. A content analysis of art production was conducted to determine specifically what aspects of Chinese character have been impacted. Results showed these character traits such as “mysticism”, “transcendency” (calm, quiet attitude towards life, even in the face of unhappiness, danger, difficulty, etc.), “universe-human induction”, and “optimism” all related to pursuit of this state of synchronization. The frequency of these character traits among mainland Chinese is higher than among Japanese, Russians, and Americans. Although the Chinese national character has changed, the trend towards change is declining