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Great Unity
Professor Angle, you were not exaggerating when you said information on modern Chinese philosophy is scarce on Wikipedia. This article contains only contains the scaffolding of the concept, and most of the details are closer to fun facts than anything of substance. In addition, there is next to nothing about what Great Unity means in modern times. The most the article says about Great Unity is modernity is that the concept is often talked about in modern China. There can be so much written about Kang Youwei's relationship with Great Unity, definitely much more than just one sentence. Another qualm I have is that the article (especially the introduction) refers "Chinese philosophy" as some monolith and neglects to emphasize that the Great Unity is a primarily Confucian concept.

Kang Youwei
The philosophical views section is nothing more than a list of bullet points. It looks like someone copied their quickly taken notes, and does not give any insight into Kang's philosophical views. Take this sentence, "Kang enumerated sources of human suffering in a way similar to that of Buddhism." That's it. Nothing more is written about this. And every single point is written like that. This part of the article needs more depth, especially considering how Kang is notable because he's a philosopher. In general, the article does not give a comprehensive account of Kang's work, especially dealing with the Great Unity which is only mentioned once in the article because it happens to be part of the title of one of Kang's books. More can definitely be written about this.

Chen Duxiu
Apart from the formatting errors at the beginning, this article deals mostly with the facts of Chen's life and a surprising amount about his writing style, but does not say much about the substance of his work. Much of my criticisms of this article are similar to the one for Kang Youwei.

Writing about Chinese philosophy
It is difficult to write about philosophy in an encyclopedic collection because there is so much interpretation on behalf of the reader. One person could summarize a philosophical view in one way, but it can never be a definitive description. Philosophy often raises more questions than it answers, especially because differing interpretations of words, phrases, and sentences can color one's understanding in ways that contradict the understandings of others. Plus, as someone who speaks/reads absolutely no Chinese, I am at a disadvantage because I can only engage with translations of the text or secondary sources about the text, but not the actual text itself.