Ta T’ung Shu

By Kang Yu-Wei,

Book cover of Ta T’ung Shu: The One-World Philosophy of Kang Yu-Wei

Book description

First published in 1958.

This volume translates one of the major works of modern Chinese philosophy and in so doing makes a major contribution to the study of comparative philosophy. The volume contains an extensive introduction structured as follows:

1. Biographical Sketch of K'ang Yu-wei
2. Ta T'ung Shu: The…

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1 author picked Ta T’ung Shu as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This is modern China’s only full-fledged utopia (mostly written about 1900)—explaining how humanity gradually evolves to get rid of the “boundaries” dividing us by nation, class, race, and gender. It may take thousands of years, but history will create a truly democratic and equal society. Children will be raised in public nurseries, couples, including homosexuals, will enter into one-year (renewable) contracts. In thousands of years, the boundaries separating the species and even the gods will dissolve as well.

From Peter's list on utopianism east and west.

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