The Return of Confucianism in China： Legitimacy and the Rule of the Communist Party of China  

出　　处：《Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences》2013年第1期33-61,共29页复旦人文社会科学论丛（英文版）

摘　　要：In countries with long histories, traditional culture plays an essential role in shaping social norms and influencing contemporary development. Confucianism, one of the world＇s oldest philosophies, justified the legitimacy of imperial China for about two thousand years but was attacked from the late Qing to the end of the Cultural Revolution. Ever since Deng Xiao-ping＇s economic reform, the Communist Party of China＇s legitimacy has been undermined, so the CPC has been facing a legitimacy crisis. The New Confucianism Movement has encouraged many scholars and officials to integrate a Sinolized Marxism and Confucianism dynamic for the CPC to employ as a legitimacy tool. This paper argues that Confucianism can help the CPC relegitimize its rule in China by using nationalism to strengthen traditional legitimacy and political, economic, and diplomatic development to increase its performance legitimacy.

关 键 词：LEGITIMACY CONFUCIANISM NATIONALISM economic development political reform IDENTITY 

分 类 号：D261[政治法律—政治学] B222[政治法律—中共党史]