THE_PURSUIT_OF_HAPPINESS_AS_A_CONFUCIAN_SELF-GOVERNING_PRINCIPLE
The Great Learning of Confucius has been translated and interpreted in different ways throughout history by scholars, some better than others, but all attempted to decipher, one way or another, the truth of Confucius’s idea of happiness. However, I have not found any translation which looked to discover and establish its hidden fundamental underlying self-governing principle as a universal political principle of human government. This report seeks to discover how the principle of The Great Learning reflects the Leibnizian principle of the American Declaration of Independence, the “Pursuit of Happiness.”
