Abstract: According to Xu Fuguan， Western classic liberalism advocated the supremacy of reason and the natural rights of human beings， especially the supremacy of property right， and by doing so it played a key role in the development of democracy and the rule of law in the West. However， classic liberalism， with John Locke and Adam Smith as its leading exponents， championed the bourgeois property right at the expense of the working classs rights and freedom， and equality and distributive justice. Hence， Xu Fuguan proposed absorbing the essence of liberalism and discarding its dross， thereby realizing a creative integration of the core values of Pre-Qin Confucianism (i.e.， rule of virtue， supremacy of the people， and spirit of political protest) with the essences of Western political culture so as to create a new Chinese political culture with the spirit of democracy and the rule of law.

Key words: Xu Fuguan, Pre-Qin Confucianism, classic liberalism, democracy, rule of law, political culture