Historical Development Of East Asian Political Tradition

David Zernitsky A11559491 December 15, 2014 Prompt #4 Magnetic Hegemony Going back to the first day, the significance of this course is a traditional political thought in action that is intrinsically interesting that is to say. It is interesting whether true or false and good or bad claims to make about important aspects of human life and politics, but also the balance of proper order and self-cultivation, as well as East Asian traditional political economy, and the way in which law and justice are perceived from the standpoint of human feelings. These are intrinsically interesting ideas and practices that deserved to be taken care of seriously as they are in East Asia today and again whether we accept or reject them for example as†¦show more content†¦Proceeding in this manner, the ruler labors hard and the officials sit idle (De Bary, 304). One way or another, Confucius’ transmission and interpretation of the ancient culture and his practices of education played a major part in shaping and reshaping the ru’ tradition. The process involved in this transformation must be taken into account when we discuss the relationship between Confucius and ru’. Therefore, whatever method one may employ in tracing the origin of Confucianism, one must take into account both the cultural heritage on which Confucius worked and the transformation Confucius made to the ru’ tradition. In this sense it is misleading to simply ‘characterize Confucius and his followers through their role as the time of Confucius, the ru’ had fundamentally changed their social and cultural functions, and therefore, should not be treated in the same way as earlier masters of dance and music. The Dominant strategy is humbly called to be magnetic hegemony, or think of it as the equilibrium strategy, which is the most often used strategy over the long sweep, especially with Chinese, but often more generally east Asian history. The strategy is a creation of international hierarchy through hegemony, which simply means predominant power, more power than anybody else with of course applying that role partly through cultural self-conceit, but also partly because of necessity the way things have been. Institutionally,