Parliament of Scholars

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Parliament of Scholars
Coined byHuang Zongxi (1610–1695)
OriginWaiting for the Dawn
TranslatorTed de bary (1919–2017)
EssenceConfucian upper house

Parliament of Scholars[1] (Chinese: 学者议会[2]) is a term used by William Theodore de Bary[3] in his translation of Huang Zongxi's Waiting for the Dawn,[4] and Daniel A. Bell translated this term into "House of Scholars",[5] which was later called the Xianshiyuan[6] (literally, "House of Virtue and Talent").[7]

The proposal to establish a "Parliament of Scholars", which is a Confucian upper house, was first put forward by Huang Zongxi.[8] It is made up of representatives elected on the basis of competitive examinations from the Confucian classics, among other things.[9]

Evaluation[edit]

A Chinese scholar argued that Huang Zongxi's proposal for a Parliament of Scholars was only one step away from the modern representative system.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Stephen Macedo (26 August 1999). Deliberative Politics: Essays on Democracy and Disagreement. Oxford University Press. pp. 91–. ISBN 978-0-19-028511-1.
  2. ^ Stephen C. Angle (15 January 2014). "The Confucian Virtue–Ritual–Politics Model: Progressive Confucianism's Perspective on Political Philosophy". ResearchGate.
  3. ^ Daniel A. Bell (8 May 2000). East Meets West: Human Rights and Democracy in East Asia. Princeton University Press. pp. 305–. ISBN 1-4008-2355-2.
  4. ^ Daniel A. Bell (10 January 2009). Beyond Liberal Democracy: Political Thinking for an East Asian Context. Princeton University Press. pp. 164–. ISBN 978-1-4008-2746-6.
  5. ^ Daniel A. Bell (March 13, 1997). "An Asian Democracy For the 21st Century". The Wall Street Journal.
  6. ^ Daniel A. Bell; Chenyang Li (12 August 2013). The East Asian Challenge for Democracy. Cambridge University Press. pp. 69–. ISBN 978-1-107-03839-4.
  7. ^ E. Leib; B. He (2 October 2006). The Search for Deliberative Democracy in China. Springer. pp. 11–. ISBN 978-0-312-37615-4.
  8. ^ Wai Fong Foong (1999). The New Asian Way: Rebuilding Asia Through Self-reliance. Pelanduk Publications. pp. 255–. ISBN 978-967-978-692-7.
  9. ^ Sungmoon Kim (21 April 2016). Public Reason Confucianism: Democratic Perfectionism and Constitutionalism in East Asia. Cambridge University Press. pp. 5–. ISBN 978-1-107-10622-2.
  10. ^ Xia Yong (22 June 2011). The Philosophy of Civil Rights in the Context of China. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. pp. 128–. ISBN 978-90-04-19599-8.