The Internal Logic of Constitutional Paradigm in Modern China and Its Contemporary Enlightenment-Commentary on In Search of Wealth and Power
In modern China,the cultural starting point of the"prosperity as the body,constitutional system as the application"paradigm is pragmatism in Chinese tradition.The pragmatism of seeking quick success and instant benefits is a fundamental character exhibited in the Chinese constitutional cul-ture.In modern times,advanced Chinese people,in their pursuit of establishing a constitutional system,assumed a logical relationship of"constitutional system as the cause and prosperity as the result".Be-hind this assumption lies a divergence of thinking between liberalism and collectivism.There is an inher-ent value conflict between constitutionalism and prosperity,but it can also be integrated in situations where the country is facing internal and external troubles.Without the accumulation of constitutional cul-ture,rough utilization of constitutional system is difficult to succeed,so cultivating constitutional culture has become an important inspiration left by history to the current constitutional construction.It is particu-larly necessary to provide a new interpretation of the meaning of prosperity.