A Study On K'ang Yu-Wei's Utopia Socialist Thoughts In Book Of Great Harmony

K'ang Yu-Wei is a famous figure in the modern history of China,many of his theory and works have far-reaching influence on later generations.Book of Great Harmony is one of these works,it is a utopia socialist book features in rich ideological connotation and theoretical characteristics.In Book of Great Harmony,K'ang Yu-Wei not only integrated the Chinese Great Harmony Thought with the western utopia socialist thought,on the basis of three phase evolution and with his genius imagination,he also depicted a future society that are stateless,without family,public-owned property,with equality and global harmony,in four aspects eliminating the boundaries of states,family,property and class.K'ang Yu-Wei's vision of future society is not only a combination and restructure of the Chinese and western socialism thoughts,it also reflected his critical absorption on the merits and demerits in Capitalism.The Harmonious World eliminates the disadvantages in the Capitalism while utilizing the achievements of material civilization in the west,after the “Troubled Times”,“Peaceful Times”,a “Harmonious Times” where everyone is equal and the ideal world shared by all is achieved.Book of Great Harmony differs with other utopia socialist works in its compatibility in theory contents and foresight in theory thought.In this book,K'ang Yu-Wei not only integrated the Chinese and western culture,but also made a distinctive comparison between the two cultures in writing technique,highlighting the goodness in Harmonious World.Besides,Book of Great Harmony prevails over other utopia socialist works in that,K'ang Yu-Wei proposed the ideal of Harmonious World and the philanthropism with omniparity,which was absent in other peer works,therefore,it was a development in Chinese and western utopia socialism.The composition of Book of Great Harmony accompanied the changing in K'ang Yu-Wei's thoughts.The utopia socialist thoughts with Chinese characteristics reflected in this book,after integrating the Chinese and western thoughts,become an inherent driving force for the Reform Movement of 1898 and a bridge for communication between the traditional Chinese culture and Marxism.