Discover how Confucian virtues of humility, benevolence, and integrity provide timeless guidance for ethical leadership in today's complex corporate and political environments.

While my friend's parents probably grew up with stories of the oppressiveness of Confucianism, he was looking back to a time in China when "benevolence," "righteousness," and "propriety" — (ren 仁, yi ...

Elsewhere in East Asia, Confucian virtues of education, hard work and thrift are often touted as the font of the region’s economic dynamism.

Confucius was even more harshly attacked when the Communists came to power, in 1949. During the Cultural Revolution (1966-76), Confucian temples throughout China were damaged by rampaging young ...

And virtue creates its own legitimacy: paternalistic, affectionate care of the people by the rulers is sure to be reciprocated by the people’s trust and obedience.

A Confucian temple, Beijing, April 5, ... Xi quotes, for example, this pithy saying from the ancient master: “When we see men of virtue, we should think of equaling them; ...

Fourthly, there existed a mutual lack of understanding of Confucian virtues. Lastly, differences existed in the emphasis on virtues—the GP leans towards Eastern values while ESs toward Western ones.

For example, consider the relationship between the central Confucian virtue ren and the prominently featured li (commonly translated “ritual,” but its meaning is clearly more broad and less ...