Talk:思想

Mandarin definition
Can this also translate as "philosophy"? 71.66.97.228 19:39, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Philosophy is too wide a word, so I guess you could squeeze it in depending how you want to translate the text. Ideology' would probably be a better translation for it, e.g. 毛泽东思想 - Mao's ideology or philosophy. Same difference to me. Jamesjiao → T ◊ C 19:45, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually, this would make for a great Wiktionary usage note, or possibly even a full-blown Wikipedia article. From what I've read, Chinese communist doctrine makes a distinction between 主义, 思想 and 理论.  They are not generally interchangeable, when referring to specific concepts related to Chinese Communist ideology.  The hierarchy of concepts are as follows:
 * 马克思列宁主义 (Marxism/Leninism)
 * 毛泽东思想 (Mao Zedong Thought)
 * 中国特色社会主义理论体系 (Socialism with Chinese characteristics)
 * 邓小平理论 (Deng Xiaoping Theory)
 * “三个代表”重要思想 (Three Represents)
 * 科学发展观 (Scientific Development Concept)


 * I have a book somewhere that explains all this in considerable detail. I'll have to see if I can find it and dig it out.  -- A-cai 22:59, 19 December 2010 (UTC)