I've been thinking more about the application of Confucianism to economics.
Here's what the Confucian scholar Yan Yuan (a.k.a. Yan Xizhai, 1635 - 1704) wrote:
"...culture is not just the Odes, History, and the Six Arts; an impressive personal presence, clear speech, the military, farming, hydraulics, the use of fire, finance, grain, labor, and risk -- anything that can refine who I am and embellish
the fundamental forces in the universe -- all are part of culture."
Finance, labor, and risk are part of economics!
There is definitely a connection between economics and Confucianism.
Robert
The quote is from page 79, "Confucian Moral Self Cultivation,
2nd Ed." by Philip J. Ivanhoe (2000)
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One of the prime concerns of Confucianism is the order and structure of society surely this is fundamental to economics. The real question is how does Confucianism affect the economic policies of Asia today?
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