Jiang Qing (simplified Chinese: 蒋庆; traditional Chinese: 蔣慶; pinyin: Jiǎng Qìng; born 1953) is a contemporary Chinese Confucian. He is best known for his criticism of New Confucianism , which according to him, deviated from the original Confucian principles and is overly influenced by Western liberal democracy .

Oct 28, 2012 · Jiang Qing is the founder and director of the Yangming Confucian Academy in Guizhou, China. His books include Political Confucianism and Life, Faith, and Humane Politics.

Jiang Qing (b. 1953) is China’s best-known New Confucian thinker, and has devoted most of his career to building a new “political Confucianism” that will respond to China’s current conditions.

Among contemporary Confucians, Jiang stands out in several important ways.¹ Whereas most Confucian authors are interested in ethics, Jiang’s focus is primarily on political philosophy,an area of study eschewed by most Confucian thinkers for at least half a century.

He is best known for his criticism of New Confucianism, which according to him, deviated from the original Confucian principles and is overly influenced by Western liberal democracy.

Jiang’s “calling” to revive the Confucian tradition after decades of China’s de-Confucianization makes him one of the most provocative and controversial figures in the Chinese intellectual arena today.

Nov 21, 2024 · Jiang Qing’s Confucian Alternative to Democracy. Confucian scholar Jiang Qing (not to be confused with the wife of Mao Zedong) makes no secret of his belief that democracy, liberal, socialist or otherwise, is not the way forward for China in terms of its political development.

Jiang Qing—China's most original, provocative, and controversial Confucian political thinker—says yes. In this book, he sets out a vision for a Confucian constitutional order that offers a compelling alternative to both the status quo in China and to a Western-style liberal democracy.

Mar 31, 2023 · A Confucian constitutional order : how China's ancient past can shape its political future by Jiang, Qing, 1953-

In the twenty-first century, a growing number of "traditionalist Confucians" in Mainland China have been using Confucianism to justify authoritarian political arrangements as alternatives to constitutional democracy.