The Teaching about the Equation of the People by Liu Shipei

Abstract

The article describes the utopian theory by Liu Shipei (1884–1919), who was one of the pioneers of anarchist thought in China. His doctrine is an interesting attempt to use the arsenal of ancient Chinese social theories to justify a future society based on the principles of absolute equality. The only mechanism of its implementation are obligatory peasant labor. The paper introduces Liu Shipei’s Renlei junli shuo Translated into Russian.