Dai Jitao Thought

Dai Jitao Thought () or Dai Jitao Doctrine is the body of political ideas developed by the far-right politician Dai Jitao. It is an ideology based on the interpretation of the Tridemism by some Kuomintang members, including Dai Jitao, since Sun Yat-sen's death in March 1925. Dai Jitao Thought became the ideological foundation of the right-wing Kuomintang, including the Western Hills Group.Zeng Yeying (2021). "Contemporary Studies on Modern Chinese History". Routledge. 吕厚轩, and 马望英. "“戴季陶主义” 与国民党实权派的意识形态." 北方论丛 4 (2008): 92-95. Dai Jitao himself described it as "Pure Tridemism" (; ).

Dai Jitao opposed the left-wing Kuomintang's Marxist interpretation of Sun's concept of "Mínshēng" as a class struggle.中國國民革命與戴季陶主義 at Wikisource (Chinese)

Dai was a Han Chinese nationalist; he identified the ancestors of non-Chinese minorities as ethnic Han and advocated the unity of Zhonghua minzu, and he saw all the people of Qing territory as Chinese people.

Some scholars argue that Dai Jitao Thought fused the content of Buddhist nationalism and conservative nationalism. Dai Jitao and Chiang Kai-shek's Tridemism reflects the characteristics of cultural nationalism and cultural conservatism.Scott, Gregory Adam. "The Buddhist Nationalism of Dai Jitao." Journal of Chinese Religions 39, no. 1 (2011): 55-81.Zhang, Jing. "China's Conservative Revolution: The Quest for a New Order, 1927–1949 by Brian Tsui." Twentieth-Century China 44, no. 3 (2019): E-17.程广云.孙中山的道统论与知难行易说[J].阅江学刊,2021,13(02):25-37+120.DOI:10.13878/j.cnki.yjxk.20210303.001.

See also Anti-communism in China Conservatism in China Class collaboration Republic of China nationalism

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