LS30新孟儒学

Neomencianism reframes world history as a three-stage progression of the Western civilization itself:

 • Mediterranean Era → 易人体系 (exchange of persons: classical slavery, Greco-Roman world)

 • Atlantic Era → 易力体系 (exchange of labor power: modern capitalism, wage labor, Anglo-American dominance)

 • Pacific Era → 易事体系 (exchange of outcomes/results: 人事合一, the destined future)

And the conclusion: The West has finally arrived at its historical telos (destiny) in the Pacific, which happens to be realized through a Chinese philosophical framework.

1. And Neomencianism considers that there is high risk that the Atlantic Era will also end similar as Mediterranean Era that Theocracy would get back to political center stage after the fall of system of 易力体系 modern capitalism.

2. Neomencianism maps world history by tracing what exactly is bought, sold, and exchanged in the dominant civilization:

Historical Era	Core Geographic Center	System of Exchange	Social Structure & Form of Labor
Mediterranean Era	Greco-Roman World	易人体系(Exchange of Persons)	Classical Slavery: The human body itself is a commodity bought and sold.
Atlantic Era	Anglo-American Dominance	易力体系(Exchange of Labor Power)	Modern Capitalism: Laborers are legally free but must sell their labor powerfor wages.
Pacific Era	The Future Orient (East Asia)	易事体系(Exchange of Outcomes)	Universal Cooperatives: Workers exchange the results of finished labor, eliminating the employer-employee hierarchy.

3. The Core Concept: “通功易事” (Yishi System)

The foundational phrase 通功易事 originates from The Book of Mencius (滕文公下). Mencius used it to argue for the division of labor: “If you do not exchange the products of labor and mix your efforts, so that the surplus of one compensates for the shortage of another, then the farmer will have a surplus of grain and the weaver a surplus of cloth.”

In Neomencianism, this ancient quote is radically modernized:

• The Critique of Capitalism (易力): Capitalism is flawed because it treats “labor power” as a commodity, resulting in worker exploitation and alienation.
• The Solution (易事): Under the Yishi system, hiring people to work for wages is progressively restricted or abolished. Instead, individuals or co-ops exchange finished goods, services, or shares of profit directly. Neomencian theorists often point to unique corporate profit-sharing models (such as Huawei’s employee ownership or Pang Dong Lai’s retail wealth-distribution) as early, localized proofs of the Yishi system outcompeting pure capitalism.

4. The Conclusion: The Telos of the West

The ultimate philosophical paradox of Neomencianism is its view on the destiny of Western civilization.

It argues that the West’s historical trajectory—striving for absolute individual freedom, which began in the Mediterranean and scaled globally across the Atlantic—cannot resolve its internal contradictions through Western capitalism. The West can only reach its historical telos (the realization of the “Association of Free Men”) by shifting its center of gravity to the Pacific.

Crucially, this final liberation is achieved not by adapting to Western liberalization, but by absorbing the West into a Mencian economic framework (通功易事), merging Marxist final goals with Confucian socio-economic governance.