"What Did the Emperor Ever Say?"—The Public Transcript of Confucian Political Obligation.
The idea that imperial Confucianism demands the commoners' absolute political obedience is widespread. Although some scholars have tried to challenge this popular idea, they leave a theory of imperial Confucian political obligation unaddressed. By engaging with political propaganda of the Qing 清 dyn...
| Publicado en: | Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 231 - 251 |
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