New Life Movement

The New Life Movement is an ideology combining traditional Neo-Confucian, Christian, and Conservative values to become an ideology on which the Kuomintang and Republic of China could operate and guide it's people. It was compiled by Soong Meiling, also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek, and stressed Sun Yat-sen's Three Principles of the People while endorsing the Free Market.

Philosophy and Ideology
Live a regular life under four master virtues: Li (Ritual), Yi (Duty), Lian (Integrity), and Chi (Self-Consciousness). The philosophy suggested a lifestyle full of morality and self-cultivation; perfecting yourself and living actively.?

Good hygeine, good sleep, physical training, and mental preparation were objectives. The lifestyle of virtue was meant to oversee a erasing of vulgarity, cowardice, and stupidity and the elevation of selfness, productive, and esteemed living.?

Foundation
The New Life Movement began with a major speech by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, the president of the Republic of China, with major contributions to the ideology being made by his wife Soong Meiling. It combined Neo-Confucian, Christian, Buddhist, Capitalist, Militarist, and Nationalist belief to contribute to a life of self-conscious behavior and improvement.

The major group backing this was the Blue Shirt Society, a major grassroots movement and association of Kuomintang supporters on the streets.