Two-tier society theory

Looking at the differences between high and low social classes through the principle of “Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you”.

Li Yousheng Abstract: This paper analyzes Confucius’s sayings “Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you” and “Help others to establish themselves and achieve their goals,” finding that the former represents the basic need for social stability and security, while the latter represents secondary social goals. The paper further compares these sayings of Confucius […]

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Two-tier society theory

A Two-Tier Society Theory’s Perspective on the New Economy Movement and its Humanistic Narrative (Part 2)

Li Yousheng (2015/06/30) V. The Global Trend of Returning to Primitive Societies and Its Prospects Studies show that since humanity entered the modern era, the rate of species extinction has exceeded any period in the Earth’s 4.5 billion-year history. In the last century, the rate of species extinction has been more than a hundred times faster than in previous years. […]

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A Two-Tier Society Theory’s Perspective on the New Economy Movement and its Humanistic Narrative (Part 2)

Li Yousheng (2015/06/30) IV. Several Theoretical Issues The above serves as the prelude to this article; now, we will discuss several related academic issues. As for the essence and inherent problems of capitalist culture, scholars have already provided comprehensive and thorough analyses [11, 12, 13], which will not be repeated here. Western capitalism represents the final stage of human wealth […]

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Two-tier society theory

A Two-Tier Society Theory’s Perspective on the New Economy Movement and its Humanistic Narrative (Part 1)

Li Yousheng (2015/06/30) Abstract: Dividing human society into a natural, primordial society and a man-made, secondary society reveals that Chinese civilization began in the primordial society, while Western civilization began in the secondary society. The escalating history of wars throughout five thousand years of civilization and the multi-party democratic systems of Western countries both reflect the conflicts arising from various […]

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A disruptive issue with broad development prospects

Li Yousheng The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University, renowned for its research on China, appointed Professor Yi-Ming Song from Canada as its director this year. During his recent visit to China, he mentioned the need to “create new theories using Chinese thinking.” He said, “If you want to create a new theory now, it cannot be a […]

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Two-tier society theory

The concept of a two-tiered society and ancient Chinese history

The concept of a two-tiered society and ancient Chinese history Li Yousheng Abstract: This paper divides human society into genetically encoded primordial society and artificial secondary society, and examines ancient Chinese history based on this division. Unlike all other ancient civilizations, Chinese civilization began as a peaceful superpower, building its newly emerging secondary society upon numerous primordial societies. This ensured […]

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Confucius, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi and Postmodernism

23rd Century Taoist Utopia

Li Yousheng 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 It is said that the world’s affairs, after a long period of division, tend to unite; after a long period of unity, tend to divide. At the end of the Zhou Dynasty, the seven states fought for supremacy, eventually being unified by Qin. After the fall of Qin, the Chu and Han states fought for control, eventually […]

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Confucius, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi and Postmodernism

The allure of primordial society and human nature revealed through the diverse backgrounds and behaviors of the first generation of Communist Party leaders (Part 2)

Li Yousheng (2014) * * * IV. The different backgrounds and performances of Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping: (I) Mao Zedong Two key figures in the history of the Chinese Communist Party’s revolution and rule played a crucial role in turning the tide: Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping. Although Hua Guofeng had already reversed the situation before Deng Xiaoping, Deng […]

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Confucius, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi and Postmodernism

The allure of primordial society and human nature revealed through the diverse backgrounds and behaviors of the first generation of Communist Party leaders (Part 1)

Li Yousheng (2014) Abstract: After dividing human society into natural, primitive societies and artificial, secondary societies, it was found that before the 1950s, rural China remained in a quasi-primitive society, similar to a natural society. Consequently, Chinese farmers were less influenced by modern civilization and retained more of their natural humanity. This article provides a rough statistical analysis of the […]

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Confucius, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi and Postmodernism

Human folly as seen through the eyes of pre-Qin philosophers (speech transcript)

Yusheng (2009) First, I want to clarify the title of my speech to avoid misunderstanding. What I want to say is: Humanity has become intelligent, and looking back at human history, discovering past folly, and strengthening our understanding of that folly will make us even wiser. Ancient China followed a more intelligent path than the West, and studying ancient thought […]

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In his later years, Li Yousheng studied Taoist philosophy and proposed the concepts of a genetically encoded primordial society and an artificial secondary society.

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