Pattberg: Peking University - The Zhongguo Meng (Chinese dream)

Описание: "Do not translate Chinese key terminologies!". This is true for kungfu, wushu, shengren, junzi, and... the zhongguo meng. Thorsten Pattberg, a disciple of Ji Xianlin, Gu Zhengkun, and Tu Weiming from Peking University explains why the correct names and the language of origin matter for inclusion into World History... a field that to this day is literally Chinese-free. [...]

When Western readers see the 'Chinese Dream' written somewhere, they will always have their American Dream at the back of their head. This reminds me of the Slovene philosopher Slavoj Zizek who once said: You must not dream dreams which are not yours. [...]

China experienced dynasties, emperors, Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, Communism, the lifting of 400 million people out of poverty... nothing of this happened in the west, so, yes, China is chasing its own dream - big and different: China wants to rejuvenate its wenming (a spiritual civilization). [...]

But the Zhongguo Meng is not so much about definition, more about universality: You, I and everyone has dreams, no? The question is, can you fulfill your dreams in China, and not elsewhere? And, how many people would think that too? [...]

One day in June 2013; IAHS, Peking University

Thorsten J. Pattberg, PhD, is a German writer and cultural critic. He is the author of 'The East-West Dichotomy', 'Shengren - Above Philosophy and Beyond Religion', 'Inside Peking University', 'The Euro-Tao' and 'Press Soldiers'.

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