On the Revival of Confucian Communism in Contemporary China

[@herecomeschina3481]

Great explanation!Daniel Bell is always interesting and instructive!

[@chessmodernist]

Very interesting and inspiring. I am interested in early socialism, how it was connected to that which later became named "occult revival' in fin de siècle France and also Wilhelm Weitling's League of Just out from which the first Communist Party emerged which was based also on Christian thought. It would seem early socialism and communism had a spiritual dimension, and now we see later in China where communism is successful this integration with spiritual thought. I wonder what the role of Taoism and Buddhism is in all of this Confucius/Communism blend as well? Also a curious feature often not looked at in Bolshevism is the use of chess as a way of raising the culture of the people at the time just after the revolution, referred to as political chess as found in the excellent study called Storming Fortresses A Political History of Chess in the Soviet Union by Michael A. Hudson. Is there a similar use of chess, or Chinese chess, Xiangqi? Does Xiangqi play a role in Confucianism? In Chinese Communism? Chess as a kind of social uplifter of the mechanics behind the thought process to enrichen the poor and uneducated as well as make better the thought process of the communist? In the west there is a field of literature regarding how chess insights help with business thinking, investing, and in other areas of life. Is such similar in China?

[@pto2k]

Nice, and today I saw Confucius and Marx on TV for Xi's propagate.