No Discrimination in Education

Confucius’s Ideal Society 

     Confucius did not wish to look for a paradise in the next world; he rather wanted to have a paradise on earth such as: when Dao prevails, the world will become common to all. The people will elect virtuous and talented persons for the government; and they will promote good faith and friendship. Thus men will not consider only their own parents as their parents, nor treat only their own children as their children. The aged will find a meaningful life till their death; the able persons are fully employed; and the young are provided with upbringing; and the forlorn and helpless people, the disabled and the sick, will all be supported by the state. Every man will have his own rights and every woman her own belongings. They hate to see goods lying about in waste, yet they do not hoard them for themselves. They dislike the thought that their energies are not fully used, yet they use them not for egoistic ends. Therefore, all evil plotting is prevented in advance and rebels do not arise. Thus, perfect security will prevail everywhere; people can leave their outer gates unchecked. This is called the Great Unity.