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China’s contemporary classics-reading movement (dujing yundong) has grown significantly since its emergence in the 2000s but remains little researched and is so far only known as part of the revival of Confucianism on the popular level. This study, based on ethnographic field research in ten Chinese cities, discusses the movement’s character under the lens of the grounded utopian movement theory and combines this with the civil sphere theory to exhibit the movement’s potential for social change under China’s specific socio political conditions. While activists hope that reciting and memorising Confucian classics will cultivate virtuous individuals (junzi) who will change Chinese society from the bottom up, this study shows that involved parents, teachers, and headmasters have greater potential to bring about social change. The space to induce change, however, is fragile.
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151091
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In the debate on whether China’s political system can survive economic modernisation, a crucial but often-neglected aspect is whether the Chinese state can successfully rebuild social order disrupted by China’s rapid urbanisation. This article explores how the Chinese state has tried to re-establish social order in China’s cities by launching Confucian education programmes. It has three major findings. First, the state has adopted a decentralised mode, that is, local education authorities are the main agents in introducing Confucian education in public schools. Second, these Confucian education programmes are more systematically and innovatively operated by county/district-level authorities rather than by prefectural or school-level authorities. Third, these programmes are more positively received by rural immigrants than by urban middle-class families. Based on these findings, this article indicates that the Chinese state may be the strongest in responding to social disorder at the county/district level, and is more effective in shaping the attitudes and values of the economically deprived rather than the privileged.
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