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]> To: <[log in to unmask]> 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. > ...