The Compatibility Characteristics of Confucian “Great Harmony Society” and Communist Ideal

In order to continue to promote the Sinicization of Marxism, we must further improve the work of combining Marxism with China’s specific reality and excellent Chinese traditional culture. The Confucian culture represented by Confucius’ thought has a high degree of self-consistency and compatibility between its excellent spiritual connotation of “the society of great harmony” and the lofty ideal of communism. These self-consistency, and compatibility characteristics mainly include the compatibility between Confucius’ “the world is for all” and communist public ownership; the compatibility between Mencius, “rule of the people” and Marxist “individual ownership”; the compatibility between Confucian “ practice learning” and Marxist practice view; the compatibility between “sages,” “gentlemen” “ key minorities” and “communists” and the compatibility between Confucian rational spirit and Marxist “atheism” thought. A profound understanding of the compatibility between the two has important practical significance for improving our cultural self-confidence and promoting and developing Marxism in China.