My (anti-commie)hi-skool history teacher said Confucius was a proto-communists.

大道之行也，天下为公，选贤与能，讲信修睦，故人不独亲其亲，不独子其子，使老有所终，壮有所用，幼有所长，鳏寡孤独废疾者皆有所养；男有分，女有归，货恶其弃于地也不必藏于己，力恶其不出于身也不必为己，是故谋闭而不兴，盗窃乱贼而不作，故外户而不闭，是谓大同

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/20/comm-m20.html