Concept of Great Unity (datong) in the Confucian Treatise “Kong-zi jiayu”

 
PIIS013128120016167-4-1
DOI10.31857/S013128120016167-4
Publication type Article
Status Published
Authors
Occupation: Senior Research Associate, Center for the Study of Chinese Culture
Affiliation: Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: 32, Nakhimovsky Av., Moscow, 117997, Russian Federation
Journal nameProblemy Dalnego Vostoka
EditionIssue 4
Pages177-189
Abstract

This article analyzes the concept of Great Unity (da tong), textually enshrined in the treatise “Kong-zi jiayu”, chapter “Li yun”. The concept of Great Unity is considered by Confucian thinkers as the ideal state in which the Tianxia was in the period of golden antiquity. This concept is directly related to the modern political culture of China. It was embodied in the idea of a "Community of Shared Future for Mankind," which was first introduced at the 18th National Congress of the CPC in November 2012 by the General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Xi Jinping. Within the framework of this article, there isa preliminary comparison of the chapter “Li yun” from the “Kong-ji jiayu” and the chapter of the same name from the famous written monument, named “Li ji”; the article also discloses the main ideological content of this chapter.

KeywordsGreat Unity (da tong), “Kong-zi jiayu”, “Li ji”, “Li yun”, ritual, Confucianism
Received21.04.2021
Publication date20.08.2021
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