China's Communist Party Turns to Confucius
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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2015
- Aiming to re-establish China as a great world power, the Communist Party is reviving the Chinese culture it once sought to destroy. One way is through rituals like traditional weddings at the government-backed Confucius Academy in southwestern China. Photo: Sean Gallagher for The Wall Street Journal
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So we finally reached full circle.
Current Chinese leaders are very shrewd. They understand the need to embrace all the best aspects of their history and culture.
Yup. No ccp, no new china.
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@@eleethtahgra7182 typically racist comment from an ignorant American
Bowing toward a statue of Confucius at a wedding ceremony? According to tradition, there are three bows, one to the Heaven and Earth, one to the parents, and two each other... Never heard of bowing to a statue
China Communist Party uses Legalism, not Confucianism. There's a big difference.
The government uses whatever parts of the country's cultural history that serves its main priority: controlling the population.
The former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt met the then leader of the CCP Deng Xiaoping in 1984.
Quote:
"China celebrated the 35th anniversary of the founding of the republic in 1949, and I came as a private individual, no longer as Chancellor. This time our conversations were much more informal and frank, and I couldn't help tease him a bit." You Chinese Communists are dishonest people, "I said," you claim to be communists, but what you do is Confucian. "
And his answer was "yes, so what"
The ecoconomic translation of confucianism is communism. If you really understand what thoes terms are. And currently china is in phase 1 of a 3 stage developement plan which may be described as (state/private) capitalism and once it asserts its dominance in the world what i mean by dominance is no other evil entity can disrupt its developement. Its gonna move to socialism and after that to communism. And all these phases are fueled by confucian philosophy which i can resume in ( dont do to others what you dont want others to do to u / united people with equal opportunities aiming towards the prosperity of all)
Chinese culture is so beautiful. I wish that Western societies would show greater respect for traditional ritualism, in addition to striving for progress.
Nothing like an old fashioned power grab disguised as "culture and ritualism".
@@GoatZilla Such a black and white perspective on reality, that's very sad.
@@fiddlerontheroof4099 Try actually living it before you run your mouth.
Take the best of both worlds
@@GoatZillawhich part of your body feels that communism is more attractive than traditional Chinese culture?
"Chinese Communist are not Confucianist" Yu Yinh-Shih
Good for China!
Confucius was not about taking all the Freedom of people and Control them !!
Actually yes confucius is about controlling people.
What, you westerner think that confucianism is about democracy? You are wrong as confucius emphasized respect on government and elder from the populaces and a good autocracy figure to govern the people into a prosperous era
Confucius was an old figure in times of dynasties and monarchies.
He emphasized the improtance of rule of law and good governance. Where there is a good king that led obedient people towards prosperous future.
So, this ideal can be applicable in communism as well.
Well, i mean the chinese version of communism
@@hpesojjoseph2307 You are confused Legalism vs Confucianism. There's a big difference between them. China government uses Legalism with big control on citizens. Confucius didn't support harsh punishments, but Shang Yang. Legalism believes everyone is born bad; therefore, we have to have strict laws ppl to follow. That's what PCR doing right now.
Hpesoj Joseph Confusicius actually says your ruler must have your respect to be worthy of your obedience, and to avoid government if they’re practicing evil. He believed in mentor and student relationships not harsh ruler and slave relationships.
He was very peace loving, wasn't he ?
Totally
But why didn't they revive Buddhism bruh
Buddhism didn't decline to revive it.😂
if they want the CCP officials to stop thinking/acting corrupt, they might want to start with themselves first. lead by example, and show the children why you do what you do. don't say: do, this, do that, meanwhile behaving in a corrupt fashion.
If they had read the Analects, they might have known that.
Old comment but this is exactly correct. Confucius recognised that successful government must be governed by just and benevolent people that don't just talk the talk but also walk the walk on their principles. You have to earn your position of superiority and you must continually work to maintain it.
Great to see
Saya tahun tahun 2012 , waktu itu saya jalan2 ke jogja . masuk ke kelenteng didekat pasar kranggan , saya bertemu dengan pengurusnya . Saya diajak untuk menjadi penganut khonghucu , tapi saya ingin jadi penganut taoisme saja . Kata pengurus kelenteng itu , bahwa taoisme belum secara resmi diakui dinegara indonesia .
This is good
how can society be any notion of good if your not moral, nice to see you realize that now
You dope all propaganda
What a handsome couple!
Can confucianism unites Mainland and Taiwan?
Confucius taught is having some values same as the western values e.g. Man born with sin . Master XunZi【旬子】 says :Man born with elements of sin, like greedy, arrogance, ...... Confucius considered teaching is important to mankind, same as westerners opening so many schools for teaching. If you want to know more open your bible and open Confucius classics compare them line by line.
I have a whole video series on ritual, comparing Confucianism and the Bible if you want to check it out. The connection is not so simple as you put it out to be, but a connection can be made in the realm of the secular.
Confucian books doesn't have any imaginary gods that imposed rules and what not. In fact, these religious books have been revised thousands of times to cope up with the modern world. What Confucius offers are pure wisdom. You can't compare it to Western Religion brainwashing which was used to control countries by the Pope.
@@MrLangam no choice but to compare
@@MrLangam A better comparison would be between the ancient Greek and Roman philosophers with Confucius
@@MrLangam on the contrary, Confucius shares a lot in common with Aquinas and with Saint Paul and with Jesus Christ as far as moral teaching is concerned.
And Confucius also paid his respects to Heaven, or Tian, as well as to more local deities and to deceased ancestors. When the first Catholic missionaries came to Imperial China they found much success and common ground in the Confucian academies.
If only Christianity was not so prone to factionalism and politics, Confucianism might follow Catholic rituals today!
Where is Buddhism....... They killed it😭😭😭😭😭
Most Chinese are mixed believers of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. Confucianism is the mainstream governance philosophy over the past 2000 years in China.
Buddhism isn't dead. You must realize that the idea of religion in China is much different than the west, different religions aren't mutually exclusive
lol, you clearly don't understand Chinese culture
Chinese Buddhism isn't even real Buddhism anyway. At least it is not the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama anyway. Just as it is dubious if communist Confucianism is what Confucius himself would have taught. But then everyone likes to make factions...
Buddhism never killed. World largest Buddhist population in China. There are more 250 million Buddhists in China.
礼义廉耻，这些美好的传统，现在又有多少人能做到呢
+敬慎 我觉得tg现在突然来翻旧账，重提孔子，根本不是为了什么礼义廉耻，而是和汉武帝独尊儒术的目的一样，为了奴化人民。
Wenbin Xu 确实
中國人頭腦靈活丶聰明丶勤力丶人材多，但仍欠道德，如大多數人有道德，相信中國好早就統治天下，人人敬畏。可惜，現在貪污的人太多，仍有好多人吐痰習慣未除，自私行為，什麼也向錢看，喜歡炫耀比較，不可一世，笑貧不笑娼。加多點道德教育吧！中國古代流傳下來的哲學才是人類一直追求的東西。
Great initiative, China always ahead of the curve.
That’s how communism rules by laws of older world . Me myself and I !!!!!
Are made unlawful on you the dead animals, and the blood, and flesh (of) the swine, and what has been dedicated to other than Allah, [on it], and that which is strangled (to death), and that which is hit fatally, and that which has a fatal fall, and that which is gored by horns, and that which ate (it) the wild animal except what you slaughtered, and what is sacrificed on the stone altars, and that you seek division by divining arrows - that (is) grave disobedience. This day (have) despaired those who disbelieved of your religion, so (do) not fear them, but fear Me. This day I have perfected for you your religion and I have completed upon you My Favor and I have approved for you [the] Islam (as) a religion. But whoever (is) forced by hunger (and) not inclining to sin, then indeed, Allah (is) Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. -- 5:3
WSJ you managed to get the 50t brigade here. Just disable the comments.
Remember the cultural revolution ? The CCP eradicated traditional cultures but today they open Confucius institute all over the world. Full blown hypocrisy.
Internet Troll dude they mostly got rid of bad cultural elements like foot-binding and Tibetan serfdom/slavery.
@@vtron9832 Oh really? Did they? I seem to remember that that mao had absolutely no interest in ending serfdom in Tibet, he invited the Dalai Lama to the Party congress and honored him, Zhao Erfeng's liberal reform proposals were more radical than what Mao wanted. He only cared about the support of the noblemen in ruling the place only after the noblemen took up arms and wanted a full theocracy without the Dalai Lama also convening or accepting the CCP did he fight the rebellion and institute these reforms. A worker in mainland china today has fewer labor rights that a worker in the Republic of China, worse working conditions, no ability to start a union, or to protest without government approval. To think that Mao would have ended serfdom without the noblemen taking up arms against him is delusional if one looks at the absolute disdain he had for them and the importance he placed on the noblemen.
Its all show
what's next?? there will be mandate of heaven???
What would Chiang Kai Shek say?
Nah. What would Sun Yat Sen said. I bet hed be proud.
Communism can only create soulless monsters. You need spirituality and morality to make a man out of a brute.
Communism is long gone from china bro..
It's a capitalist country now..
Gengs ini tugasnya ms laras?
Lol
Yup. Lol, they have the mandate of heavens.
Also...at 0:58 thats marriage ceremony....stupid footage for negative propaganda.
CCP has always promote Chinese traditional culture. And Chinese people are proud of their Majestic culture, Nothing special here.
Really? Mao denounced Confucius. He was very anti-Confucius.
They even want to turn Chinese characters into Latin symbols, so you see that Chinese society has lost more traditions than Japan, Taiwan has lost a lot, and Chinese mainland has carried out a more radical campaign to remove traditions
If you want one of these Chinese Rainies, this is the extra price you've got to pay for that extra tightness you get, literally, of the quality of your marriage.
CCP Dynasty!!! wansui!!
这是一种很典型的以偏概全的视频
Morals... hmph....
Hate piece by WSJ gathers 7000 views in 2 years. Hahaha. Show us the way Wall Street! Teach us your fine ancient religion! Hahahahahaha.
how is this a hate piece
@@mongoose1628 It frames the CCCP's promotion of Confucianism as a means to maintain power and political legitimacy rather than a good faith effort to improve the country. It's subtle, but the bias is there. And it's deeply cynical.
@@monolith94 no government in any corner of the world takes a decision that hurts them. this decision may cause good in China but it is also beneficial to the Chinese Communist Party.