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The concept of datong highlights the importance of social equity and harmony among different social classes and ethnic groups in China. During the early Republican period, datong was utilized as a guiding principle for reformers seeking to build a modern state that was inclusive and unified.
Jan 1, 2013 · In the “Liyun” section of Liji (the Book of Rites), the concept of “datong” was first introduced, and a distinction was drawn between the society of datong and that of xiaokang (translated as “Small Tranquility” or “Lesser Prosperity”).
- Albert H. Y. Chen
- albert.chen@hku.hk
- 2014
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 “ Datong ” in Liyun
- 5.4 Refl ections on Datong and the Common Good
- 5.5 Conclusion
The concept of “ datong ” in Chinese philosophy was developed more than two mil-lennia ago in the Confucian classics. It has been translated as “Great Unity,” “Great Community,” “Great Universality,” “Great Similarity,” “Grand Harmony,” etc. In the “ Liyun ” section of Liji (the Book of Rites ), the concept of “ datong ” was fi rst introduced, an...
The term and concept of “ datong ” in the history of Chinese thought originates from the opening passage of the “ Liyun ” (“Evolution of Rites”) chapter of Liji (the Book of Rites ), one of the great books of Confucian classics. The Book of Rites is believed to have been complied by Confucian scholars more than two millennia ago in the Han dynas...
It may be seen from the above analysis that both the Liyun section of the Book of Rites , written more than two millennia ago, and Kang Youwei’s Datong shu , written more than a century ago, use the concept of datong to express the idea of the com-mon good in human society. The philosophy of datong may be understood as a Chinese contribution t...
Since the May Fourth Movement in the early twentieth century, many Chinese intel-lectuals abandoned Confucianism and other traditions of Chinese thought and became Westernized in their mode and content of thinking. The triumph of Marxism- Leninism in mainland China was, in a sense, a sign of the Westernization of the modern Chinese mind. However, a...
- Albert H. Y. Chen
- 2014
Aug 9, 2022 · A Confucian scholar, Kang Youwei, living in the late Qing period imagined a future utopian society called datong which eliminated all social distinctions.
Apr 30, 2024 · Ancient Architecture in Datong. The profound sense of history hits you the moment you catch sight of the Datong city walls - towering at 13 meter high, with the horse-faced city ramparts neatly arranged, a faint echo of the clang of swords from over 2300 years ago lingers in the solemn air.
With the development of history, the idea of Great Harmony reached its peak in the Song Dynasty, and Zhu Xi believed that the essence of Chinese Confucianism lies in the idea of Datong. After the Qing Dynasty, the study of Datong Thought experienced a new stage of development.
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Contrary to this actual situation, a datong society is characterized by the selection of functionaries based on merit. Such functionaries are supposed to act for the “common good”.
