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  • The cultural DNA in which Chiang was immersed in had much more in the way of dynastic and confucian philosophy and tradition--and certainly more emphasis on the agrarian rather than industrial--than anything resembling Adam Smith or David Hume, to whom we might trace some of our political heritage.

    The Real Chiang Kaishek, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • The French version also has a confucian-esque quality to it, which is not really stereotypical for them!

    How to be European, in one easy lesson StyleyGeek 2008

  • Ogyū argues for an emphasis on compassion in human affairs, for reorganization of political affairs on more rational lines he proposes centralization of power under the Shogun, but then he was working for the Shogun at the time, and a rather un-confucian separation of public and private virtue.

    Renaissance Japan 2005

  • Ogyū argues for an emphasis on compassion in human affairs, for reorganization of political affairs on more rational lines he proposes centralization of power under the Shogun, but then he was working for the Shogun at the time, and a rather un-confucian separation of public and private virtue.

    井の中の蛙 » Renaissance Japan » Print 2005

  • Under the wise guidance of a Yoda-like confucian scholar hidden in the basement of a Korean bar the military leader of the rebellion, Haerin, is a bar waitress, Sakamoto learns the true history of the Korean nation.

    Movie: 2009 Lost Memories 2004

  • Under the wise guidance of a Yoda-like confucian scholar hidden in the basement of a Korean bar the military leader of the rebellion, Haerin, is a bar waitress, Sakamoto learns the true history of the Korean nation.

    井の中の蛙 » Movie: 2009 Lost Memories » Print 2004

  • We'll probably end up with a confucian governing elite overseeing a roiling, third world underclass in the suburbs and with a sprinkling of

    The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines 2009

  • I consider this default a flaw against the universal and confucian value of "xin" or "trust".

    SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator 2009

  • Radical Reform: Islamic Ethics and Liberation. got past the theoretical half and now in the applied section. way less boring. the first half about the framework around fiqh wasn't too surprising, i've read similar stuff when learning about the nature of talmudic scholarship, and some of the neo-confucian interpretations are very similar. next post/next comment

    Israel Palestine Blogs 2009

  • The end effect ofg that will be those dead tibetan holy people will only reincarnate here in the West, and will destroy china and return her to her Buddhist anc confucian roots.

    Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com 2009

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