Confucianism and the Political Thought of Sun Yat-Sen

Gregor, A. James

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“…Because material wellbeing being was considered to be the basis of the cultivation of proper conduct and morals, those who already possessed wealth and power were expected to display generosity and kindness towards the poor, to lend a helping hand to the disadvantaged and transmit their grievances to higher authorities. 43 In late imperial China, this role was largely assumed by local gentry-elites who participated in philanthropic activities that also served as a means to enhance their social positions within a highly decentralized administrative structure. 44 While there were no traditional gentry-elites with official titles in Hong Kong's immigrant society, the British's need to recruit local leaders to help maintain social peace provided a space for Chinese merchants to step in as middlemen.…”

Section: Private Interests Versus Public Goods: the Regulation Of Heamentioning

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Shanzheng (善政) and gongde (公德): moral regulation and narratives of ‘good government’ in colonial Hong Kong

Chu

2013

Journal of Historical Geography

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While 'good government' has long been hailed as a defining feature of colonial Hong Kong, this paper argues that rather than assuming it as an effect from the adoption of particular British governing principles, it should be seen as an epistemological ordering frame whose existence relied upon constant processes of moralization undertaken by many actors across multiple scales. Central to this moralization was the invocation of certain ways of thinking about the roles of government and citizens that were implicit in Chinese historical experience. These existing moral constructs, transplanted and transformed within the institutional frameworks and emerging cultural milieu on colonial soil, became central elements in the way by which many British officials and Chinese residents came to express themselves, and by doing so constituted themselves as participating, governing subjects upholding colonial rule.To explore how these constructs were deployed in particular situated practices and functioned within broader strategies of colonial governance, this paper focuses on two case studies concerning the improvement of public health amidst growing threats of epidemics between 1900 and 1908. Although these efforts were not successful in containing the spread of diseases, the emphasis on self-help and revival of 'local traditions' for encouraging people to improve their neighborhoods helped engender a sense of pride and solidarity amongst the Chinese residents and propagated the idea that despite under colonial domination, Hong Kong was an orderly, 'civilized' Chinese society that was superior to that of Mainland China itself. Although both case studies were drawn from particular local sites, it is clear that the initiation of the projects, the ways they were implemented and the responses to their outcomes were not confined to their local scales, but were tied to larger shifts in the forms of governance and emerging political discourses beyond Hong Kong. They thus highlight the 'networks of multiple scales' and the translocal processes through which competing conceptions of Hong Kong and its relations to 'the world' were actively being constructed by different actors under colonial rule.

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Shanzheng (善政) and gongde (公德): moral regulation and narratives of ‘good government’ in colonial Hong Kong

Chu

2013

Journal of Historical Geography

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“…Although Sun did not himself use Darwinian terminology, and preferred to couch his discussions in Confucian terms, it seems unlikely that this major sociological current would have passed by him without influence. 36 Liang, on the other hand, was a firm believer in evolutionary history and the ongoing competition between nations for primary status. 37 The adoption of pseudo-scientific concepts such as Social Darwinism had a significant impact on the study of Japan in East Asia, for it meant that a concept such as bushidō was viewed as a manifestation of nationalism used effectively by the Meiji state, rather than solely as a unique trait of the Japanese "race," especially given its connections with Yō meigaku.…”

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Wang Yangming and Bushidō:  Japanese Nativization and Its Influences in Modern China

Benesch

2009

Journal of Chinese Philosophy

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“…It was, in fact, the West that needed to learn from China when it came to politics and political philosophy. Sun also embraced Confucius’ notion of social harmony, preferring that approach to Marx’s theory of class struggle (Creel 1960, 279‐85; Gregor 1981).…”

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Confucianism and Contemporary Chinese Politics

2007

Politics & Policy

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This article examines the relevance of Confucianism to contemporary Chinese politics. While some dismiss Confucianism as irrelevant or even harmful, others emphasize its positive and enduring influence. The study begins by reviewing debates on the relevance of Confucianism, a discussion that has never stopped since China’s entry into the modern world system. After some of the weaknesses of previous debates have been identified, an assessment is made of aspects of Confucianism, followed by a brief prediction of a continuing but limited influence for Confucianism in China.

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Confucianism and the Political Thought of Sun Yat-Sen

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Shanzheng (善政) and gongde (公德): moral regulation and narratives of ‘good government’ in colonial Hong Kong

Shanzheng (善政) and gongde (公德): moral regulation and narratives of ‘good government’ in colonial Hong Kong

Wang Yangming and Bushidō:  Japanese Nativization and Its Influences in Modern China

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Shanzheng (善政) and gongde (公德): moral regulation and narratives of ‘good government’ in colonial Hong Kong

Shanzheng (善政) and gongde (公德): moral regulation and narratives of ‘good government’ in colonial Hong Kong

Wang Yangming and Bushidō: Japanese Nativization and Its Influences in Modern China

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