Wei:

How do you get a conclusion that "virtually ALL serious Chinese
intellectuals were rejecting it" ?

I, as many people in the mailing list know, am a Chinese and like Confucius
very much.

By the way, I believe Confucius is an idea of living, not a theory.  How the
intellectuals viewed represent only their personal views.

Peter  Bi


----- Original Message -----
From: En Lin Wei <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 1:45 AM
Subject: Pound, the Han and Chin dynasties, Confucianism, and Fascism

>...As to my view being
> untenable, I submit, that if one looks carefully at  how Pound
> systematically slighted Taoism  (the most democratic and libertarian
> philosophy of all the Chinese thought systems) and how he celebrated
> Confucianism (at a time when virtually ALL serious Chinese intellectuals
> were rejecting it, in hopes of creating a more just, less authoritarian
> society)----one will be compelled to see Pound as one the most reactionary
> thinkers of his age.
> ...