Formation and background of development “society of medium wellness” (Xiaoqang)

Abstract

The article examines the widespread in China concept of xiaoqang, a model of an ideal society. Xiaoqang can be translated into Russian as “a society of low income”, “a society of average prosperity”. The term “xiaoqang” was first used in the famous songbook “Shi Jing” or “Book of Songs”. Selection of works for this collection, which contains 305 songs and poems, created in the XI–VI centuries. BC, and its editing is attributed to Confucius.

After in the late 1970s. China began to pursue a policy of reforms and openness to the outside world, Deng Xiaoping used the concept of “xiaoqang”, which has long been included in the lexicon of ordinary Chinese, to characterize the Chinese model of modernization. Xiaoqang became the goal that China was supposed to achieve by the end of the 20th century.

The relevance of this work lies in the fact that the phenomenon of “xiaokang” has not been studied from the point of view of the social aspect, and even more so from the point of view of the foundations of the state strategy for the development of society. The purpose of the article is to study the prerequisites for the development of the “average prosperity society”, xiaoqang.