The Man Who Molded Mao: Yang Changji and the First Generation of Chinese Communists Export

@article{citeulike:5775637, abstract = {The article examines the important role that the Hunan First Normal School and the changing Chinese elite, especially Yang Changji, played in fostering and shaping the careers and thoughts of so many radical intellectuals (including Mao) who became the founding figures of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and later the leaders of China. Deeply rooted in neo-Confucianism, but also well known as a man of Western learning, Yang stressed an ethical framework very much oriented toward social change. The students who looked to this mentor for intellectual guidance absorbed a strong sense of responsibility to society, with an emphasis on education and morality that took on a spiritual dimension. The article also looks at how the new school system and the scholars like Yang who taught in it helped to nurture study societies such as the Xinmin xuehui that were of central importance to the formation and growth of the CCP. 10.1177/0097700406290790}, author = {Liu, Liyan}, citeulike-article-id = {5775637}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0097700406290790}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://mcx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/32/4/483}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/0097700406290790}, journal = {Modern China}, keywords = {china, chinese\_communist\_party, chinese\_communist\_party\_ccp, chinese\_communists, chinese\_elite, education, ethical\_framework, guidance, intellectuals, mao, mentor, morality, sense\_of\_responsibility, spiritual\_dimension}, month = {October}, number = {4}, pages = {483--512}, posted-at = {2009-09-11 15:33:02}, priority = {2}, title = {The Man Who Molded Mao: Yang Changji and the First Generation of Chinese Communists}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0097700406290790}, volume = {32}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5775637 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5775637 N2 - The article examines the important role that the Hunan First Normal School and the changing Chinese elite, especially Yang Changji, played in fostering and shaping the careers and thoughts of so many radical intellectuals (including Mao) who became the founding figures of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and later the leaders of China. Deeply rooted in neo-Confucianism, but also well known as a man of Western learning, Yang stressed an ethical framework very much oriented toward social change. The students who looked to this mentor for intellectual guidance absorbed a strong sense of responsibility to society, with an emphasis on education and morality that took on a spiritual dimension. The article also looks at how the new school system and the scholars like Yang who taught in it helped to nurture study societies such as the Xinmin xuehui that were of central importance to the formation and growth of the CCP. 10.1177/0097700406290790 IS - 4 JF - Modern China EP - 512 TI - The Man Who Molded Mao: Yang Changji and the First Generation of Chinese Communists VL - 32 SP - 483 KW - china KW - chinese_communist_party KW - chinese_communist_party_ccp KW - chinese_communists KW - chinese_elite KW - education KW - ethical_framework KW - guidance KW - intellectuals KW - mao KW - mentor KW - morality KW - sense_of_responsibility KW - spiritual_dimension AU - Liu, Liyan PY - 2006/10/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0097700406290790 ER -