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Pinyin: "Datong".
by nsns 13y ago
Pinyin: "Datong".
- Steko 13y agoFurther derail: for those who aren't familiar, datong (大同, "great harmony"), is a idealized state of society in traditional Chinese philosophy that been re-appropriated by just every school of thought or "-ism" from before Confucious to Mao and beyond. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_unity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_unity There's some lengthy (English) discussion on the term in this book: http://www.amazon.com/The-Chinese-Revolution-Historical-Perspective/dp/0275974766 http://www.amazon.com/The-Chinese-Revolution-Historical-Pers...