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The influence of confucianism on Deng Xiaoping’s reformation & Xi Jinping’s legitimacy
Muhammad Aiman Nasuha Azari1, Suseela Devi Chandran2, Farhatul Mustamirrah Mahamad Aziz3.
This article examines the influence of an ancient Chinese philosophy, Confucianism
on the leaders of China particularly Deng Xiaoping and Xi Jinping. In relation to this matter,
these two Chinese leaders have been regarded as the transformational leaders of China. In this
context, Deng Xiaoping is well known for his huge reputation of Chinese reformation agenda.
Deng Xiaoping’s historical success has placed the current Paramount Leader of China, Xi
Jinping to highly honour Deng Xiaoping’s success in transforming China. Xi Jinping clearly
realises that it is essential for him to construct his own legitimacy compared to Deng Xiaoping.
Therefore, this article is divided into three parts: The first part discusses the influence of
Confucianism on Deng Xiaoping’s reformation while the second part of this article further
explains the embracement of Confucianism by Xi Jinping in creating his own legitimacy. For
the last part, this article concludes by indicating that Confucianism plays a highly significant
role in Deng Xiaoping’s reformation and Xi Jinping’s legitimacy. This article is based on
qualitative methodology using document analysis of various articles and journals. This method
was adopted to integrate the difference components of concepts related to Confucianism and
the influence of Confucianism on Deng Xiaoping and Xi Jinping.
Affiliation:
- , Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia, Malaysia
- , Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia, Malaysia
- , Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia, Malaysia
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