![]() ![]() Various Communist Party leaders in recent years have spoken of the importance of Confucian values. ![]() The revival has extended from the academy, where it is championed by scholars such as Chen Lai and Kang Xiaoguang 康曉光 of Renmin University, to the realm of popular culture. While condemned during the Cultural Revolution, over the last twenty years Confucianism has returned with a vengeance. Confucianism and patriotism have become deeply intertwined as Chinese elite search for a Chinese path in the twenty-first century. They invited Tsinghua University professor Chen Lai 陈来, one of China’s best-known ‘New Confucian’ 新儒家 scholars, to lead the group in a study of the concept of patriotism. On 31 December 2015, Xi Jinping and members of the Politburo held a ‘group study session’ to end the year. ![]()
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