Dai Jitao Thought

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Dai Jitao Thought (Chinese: 戴季陶主義; pinyin: Dài Jìtáo Zhǔyì; Wade–Giles: Tai4 Chi4-t’ao2 Chu3-i4; lit. 'Dai-Jitao-ism') or Dai Jitao Doctrine[1] is an ideology based on the interpretation of the Tridemism by some Kuomintang members, including Dai Jitao, since Sun Yat-sen's death in March 1925. Dai Jitao Thought became the ideological foundation of the right wing Kuomintang, including the Western Hills Group.[2][3] Dai Jitao himself described it as "Pure Tridemism" (纯粹三民主义).

Dai Jitao opposed left-wing Kuomintang's Marxist interpretation of Sun's alleged concept of "Mínshēng" as a class struggle.[4]

Some scholars argue that Dai Jitao Thought fused the content of Buddhist nationalism and conservative nationalism. Dai Jitao and Chiang Kai-shek's Tridemism reflects the characteristics of cultural nationalism and cultural conservatism.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ Zeng Yeying (October 29, 2020). Contemporary Studies on Modern Chinese History I. Taylor & Francis. p. 201.
  2. ^ Zeng Yeying (2021). "Contemporary Studies on Modern Chinese History". Routledge.
  3. ^ 吕厚轩, and 马望英. "“戴季陶主义” 与国民党实权派的意识形态." 北方论丛 4 (2008): 92-95.
  4. ^ 中國國民革命與戴季陶主義 at Wikisource (Chinese)
  5. ^ Scott, Gregory Adam. "The Buddhist Nationalism of Dai Jitao." Journal of Chinese Religions 39, no. 1 (2011): 55-81.
  6. ^ Zhang, Jing. "China's Conservative Revolution: The Quest for a New Order, 1927–1949 by Brian Tsui." Twentieth-Century China 44, no. 3 (2019): E-17.
  7. ^ 程广云.孙中山的道统论与知难行易说[J].阅江学刊,2021,13(02):25-37+120.DOI:10.13878/j.cnki.yjxk.20210303.001.