On Kang Youwei's Eudemonia

Kang Youwei (1858—1927) is the pioneer of the Enlightenment of modern times. Undoubtedly, he is the most authoritative characters of the Utopian thinkers. His thought of Happiness is a hot topic in academic circles in modern Chinese history.His thought of Happiness is supposed in advance by Progress, and he showed his firm faith in the progress of the whole human beings and the society and his Buddhism's -like ultimate concern, finally, the Happiness theory reached the ultimate aim of the Great Harmony. The theory is centered by humanitarianism concern, universal love, freedom, equality and other democratic thoughts. It is also powered by the thought of "going to the pain to strive for happy". He set its foundation on the pursuit of joy and happiness, showing some kind of utilitarianism.The paper is divided by 4 chapters to explore Kang Youwei's thought of Happiness:The first chapter is to pose the question and introduce the present research situation. The second chapter demonstrates the connotations by analyzing the reasons why Kang Youwei's thought about Happiness's modern transformation. The connotations have three different aspects: moral value, social politics and mental emotion. The third chapter makes an exploration on its special characteristic by demonstrating a Yuan thought, esthetic pursuit of "striving for happy" and Buddhism's -like ultimate concern and Great Harmony. The fourth chapter unifies the near modern theories and the practical resources and makes the analysis to the Kang Youwei happiness on its significance and the enlightenment with author's ponderation.