Shandong Culture

David Priestland

(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2017-09-21

David Priestland

The Oxford historian David Priestland delivers a keynote speech themed "Confucianism, Socialism and Communism" during the Eighth World Confucian Conference on Sept 20 in Qufu, Shandong province. [Photo by Zhou Yusen/ Sdchina.com]

"China and Europe have different social and political systems. As a result iterative refinements of the Confucianism are required to analyze Western capitalist culture.

The ideology of Confucianism such as 'being just and selfless', 'serving the community' and 'to subdue one's self and return to propriety' can be applied in market economy to handle corruption matters."