Dai Jitao Thought
Dai Jitao Thought (Chinese: 戴季陶主義; pinyin: Dài Jìtáo Zhǔyì; lit. 'Dai-Jitao-ism') or Dai Jitao Doctrine is an ideology based on the interpretation of the Tridemism by some Kuomintang members, including Dai Jitao, since Sun Yat-sen's death in March 1925. Dai Jitao Thought became the ideological foundation of the right wing Kuomintang, including the Western Hills Group. Dai Jitao himself described it as "Pure Tridemism" (纯粹三民主义).
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Dai Jitao opposed left-wing Kuomintang's Marxist interpretation of Sun's alleged concept of "Mínshēng" as a class struggle.
Some scholars argue that Dai Jitao Thought fused the content of Buddhist nationalism and conservative nationalism. Dai Jitao and Chiang Kai-shek's Tridemism reflects the characteristics of cultural nationalism and cultural conservatism.