The Common Wealth of Harmony
by Yufeng Wang
Title
The Common Wealth of Harmony
Artist
Yufeng Wang
Medium
Painting - Ink And Color On Paper
Description
This running script Chinese calligraphy records The Commonwealth of Harmony (大同篇) from the Confucian classic Book of Rites (礼记). The original text is believed to have been compiled by the ancient sage Confucius (551-479 BC). During the first century BC the text was extensively reworked by Dai De and his cousin Dai Sheng. Below is the translation:
While the perfect order called the Great Dao prevails, the world is like a commonwealth shared by all. Virtuous and worthy people are elected to public office while capable people hold posts and contributing employment in the society. The maxim of living is to believe in peace and harmony, sincerity and trust among all people. Everyone loves and respects his or her own parents and children, and the parents and children of others. There are caring and protection for the aged until their last days; there is appropriate employment for the able-bodied; and there are nourishment and education for the children and youth. There is kindness and compassion for the widows and widowers, for the orphans, for the childless and for all who find themselves alone in the world, as well as for the disabled and sick. Every man and woman has an appropriate role to play in the family and society. Although nobody likes to see natural resources and wealth wasted on the land, no one keeps them for oneself. Nobody likes wealth that is not the creation of one's own labor. Moreover, nobody does things just to benefit oneself. A devotion to public service leaves no room for idleness; intrigues and connivances for ill gain are unknown. Villains such as thieves, robbers, rogues and rebels no more exist. The door of every house needs not to be locked and bolted during day and night.
The above-mentioned are the characteristics of an ideal world called the commonwealth of Harmony.
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