Abstract

This chapter takes Liang Shuming 梁漱溟, one of the representative figure of New Confucianism, as an example to illustrate how new Confucianists in Mainland China found a balance between socialism and Confucianism. By pondering on Liang's exploration on rural construction and communal life beyond family, this chapter provides reference for the further development of New Confucianism in mainland China centering around the following question, i.e., What was the relation among family, community, and state? And what should it be?