While Confucianism is quite concerned about the people＇s welfare, its dominant political position is not ＂people-oriented＂ （min benwei 民本位） but rather ＂ruler-oriented＂ （wang benwei 王本位）, which is descri...While Confucianism is quite concerned about the people＇s welfare, its dominant political position is not ＂people-oriented＂ （min benwei 民本位） but rather ＂ruler-oriented＂ （wang benwei 王本位）, which is described by the New-Confucian thinker, Xiong Shili as ＂taking the great righteousness of being respectful to the ruler as the foremost.＂ In virtue of this very righteousness, Confucianism not only subordinates ＂people-orientation＂ to ＂ruler-orientation,＂ but also denies the value of the former for the sake of the latter in case of conflict.展开更多
文摘While Confucianism is quite concerned about the people＇s welfare, its dominant political position is not ＂people-oriented＂ （min benwei 民本位） but rather ＂ruler-oriented＂ （wang benwei 王本位）, which is described by the New-Confucian thinker, Xiong Shili as ＂taking the great righteousness of being respectful to the ruler as the foremost.＂ In virtue of this very righteousness, Confucianism not only subordinates ＂people-orientation＂ to ＂ruler-orientation,＂ but also denies the value of the former for the sake of the latter in case of conflict.
