The Comparison Between Datong Of Kang Youwie And Percy Bysshe Shelley

At present,the strong consciousness of "sharing weal and woe" of human destiny has been deeply rooted in people’s minds,and has become an important topic widely discussed in academic circles.Many intellectuals throughout human history constructed a beautiful picture of the new human civilization form in the future,such as "Datong Utopia" "universal happiness" and "harmonious coexistence of mankind",and tried their best to explore the options for achieving such an ideal world.For example,Li Ji·Li Yun expounds the Confucian ideal of governing the world,Tao Yuanming depicts a happy world in The Peach Colony,Victor Hugo depicts a suffering group of human beings and calls for a world full of love and kindness.Kang Youwei and Shelley also wrote extensively about the ideal of "Datong Utopia" in their literature texts.Da Tong Shu takes the "Datong Utopia" as the ultimate aim of human development.Shelley’s works such as Queen Mab,Prometheus Unbound,The Revolt of Islam also fully express the vision and aspiration for "Datong Utopia".The introduction part clarifies the origin and value of the topic,research methods,etc.,and focuses on sorting out and defining the ideal of "Datong Utopia".The first chapter mainly discusses the origin and formation of Kang Youwei and Shelley’s ideal world.Although Kang Youwei and Shelley had different cultural backgrounds,they both lamented the phenomenon of human oppression in society and developed a desire for a "Datong Utopia".The second chapter mainly compares the core of "Datong Utopia " between Kang Youwei and Shelley,and finds the similarities and differences in their ideal world.The third chapter studies kang Youwei and Shelley’s exploration of the possibility of the ideal world,and the fourth chapter explores the historical significance and limitations of the construction of their ideal world,proving that "Datong Utopia" constructed by Kang Youwei and Shelley has its historical value,but it is a distant dream.By comparing the "Datong Utopia" constructed by Kang Youwei and Shelley in their literary texts,we can analyze the qualities of the "Cosmos" commonly pursued by human beings in different cultural backgrounds in China and the West.In this way,we can discover the identity and conflict behind the heterogeneous cultural appearances on the ultimate topic of what kind of world to build and how to build the ideal world,and explore the deep consciousness of the "Datong Utopia",so as to ultimately achieve the effect of mutual knowledge,complementation and mutual verification between the self and the other.