GREAT UNITY

大同 '''Great unity'''
Chinese Characters
Chinese character:	大同
Standard Mandarin Chinese
Hanyu/Tongyong Pinyin:	dàtóng
Wade-Giles:	ta4t'ung2
Zhuyin:	ㄉㄚˋㄊㄨㄥˊ
Japanese
Kana:	だいどう
Hepburn romanization:	daidō
Nihon/Kunrei-shiki:	daidô
Korean
Hangul:	대동
Revised Romanization:	daedong
McCune-Reischauer:	taedong
Vietnamese
Quốc ngữ:	Đại đồng

The 'Great unity' () is a classical Chinese term found in classical Chinese philosophy which has been invoked many times in modern Chinese history. It refers to a utopian vision of the world in which everyone and everything is at peace.
The phrase was recorded first in ''Liji Liyun Datong''(礼记·礼运·大同篇), editing by Kongzi. In Chinese Marxism it has been associated with the state of world communism. The great unity is also often mentioned in the writings of Dr. Sun Yat-sen and is included in the lyrics of the"National Anthem of the Republic of China".
This ideology can be reflected in the following examples:

★ 「三民主義，吾黨所宗，以建民國，以進'大同'。」(Sānmín Zhǔyì, wú dǎng suǒ zōng, yǐ jiàn Mínguó, yǐ jìn 'Dàtóng'.) - National Anthem of the Republic of China

★ 「毋自暴自棄，毋故步自封，光我民族，促進'大同'。」(wú zìbào zìqì, wú gùbùzìfēng, gūang wǒ mínzú, cùjìn 'dàtóng'.) - National Banner Song of the Republic of China

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★ Xiaokang