▁Das an ▁elabor ated ▁upon ▁Yu ▁Hy ŏ ng w ŏ n ' s ▁land ▁reform ▁propos als . ▁R ather ▁than ▁central ▁state ▁ownership , ▁Das an ▁proposed ▁a ▁" v ill age ▁land ▁system ," ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁village ▁would ▁hold ▁its ▁land ▁in ▁common ▁and ▁farm ▁the ▁land ▁as ▁a ▁whole , ▁while ▁the ▁products ▁of ▁the ▁land ▁would ▁be ▁divided ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁amount ▁of ▁labor ▁contributed . ▁ ▁View s ▁on ▁Das an ▁Professor ▁Og awa ▁Har uh isa ▁of ▁N ish og ak ush a ▁University ▁in ▁Tokyo ▁is ▁very ▁im pressed ▁by ▁Das an : ▁ ▁“ In ▁addition ▁to ▁eg al itar ian ▁ideas , ▁Ch ô ng ▁Y ag - y ong ▁Das an ▁provided ▁something ▁pre cious ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁lost ▁at ▁that ▁time . ▁He ▁has ▁these ▁elements ▁that ▁we ▁must ▁learn ▁and ▁rev ive ▁in ▁these ▁modern ▁times . ▁He ▁formed ▁his ▁philosophy ▁despite ▁his ▁suffer ings ▁in ▁ex ile . ▁I ▁think ▁he ▁will ▁be ▁of ▁interest ▁to ▁contemporary ▁sch ol ars ▁for ▁a ▁long ▁time .” ▁ ▁Professor ▁P eng ▁Lin ▁at ▁Q ing h ua ▁University , ▁Be ij ing ▁teach es ▁the ▁Chinese ▁class ics ▁and ▁has ▁a ▁special ▁interest ▁in ▁Das an ' s ▁study ▁of ▁rit uals . ▁He ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁research ▁papers ▁on ▁Das an ▁in ▁the ▁S ô ng gy un ’ g wan ▁Journal ▁of ▁East ▁Asian ▁Studies : ▁ ▁“ D as an ▁devoted