Heroes in western and eastern literature

A hero is someone who has done some brave things so that is admired by people. Heroes are all the same at this point in both western and eastern literature. However, they are also different from each other because how people are valued differently in western and eastern.
In western literature, heroes all have great power or magical abilities and at most of the times, they are descendants of the gods. For example, the Achilles, Hector in Homer’s epic. They were brave and good at fighting in the honor of their countries. They fought for their countries and dare to die, so that they were admired by people. There are also other heroes in the modern literature. One of the most famous heroes is the superman, who is of great power and will help people who are in trouble. Such characters are very common, like Spiderman, Xman and so on. They all faced with powerful enemies but finally will prevail over them. They are all well known though people may not know their true identity.
The heroes in eastern, mainly in Chinese literature, are a little different. Absolutely they are powerful enough to help others but they do not like to show off and do not like to be known. In an ancient Chinese short story, a typical hero was described and became an example of hero in literature ever since created. A poor man had his family broken because the local landholder wanted the man’s beautiful wife. When the man was about to commit suicide hopelessly, a strong man with a score came. The scoreman decided to help the poor man after he knew the whole thing. The next day, strangely the landholder let go the beautiful wife for no reason. But it was said that the landholder found a knife in his bed in the morning without even noticing that someone came into his house. With the knife was a note telling him what to do or the next time the knife would be in his body. The scoreman helped the poor man bring his family back. The heroes in ancient Chinese are like this. They have super abilities, like to help those in trouble and help them secretly. It is different that Chinese heroes don’t like to be known when they do something good because they consider it as what heroics should do and they should not do it for fame.