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“Today, the 5.6 billion who live outside the Western universe will no l onger accept decisions made on their behalf in Western capitals.” Kishore Mahbubani 2008. ASIA. West Asia/Central Asia South Asia Southeast Asia East Asia. West Asia. Central Asia. SOUTH ASIA. East Asia.
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“Today, the 5.6 billion who live outside the Western universe will no longer accept decisions made on their behalf in Western capitals.” Kishore Mahbubani 2008
ASIA • West Asia/Central Asia • South Asia • Southeast Asia • East Asia
Southeast Asia
Confucius (551-479 B.C.) • Responding to the Chaos: “Were any prince to employ me, even in a single year a good deal could be done, and in three years everything could be accomplished.”
“To have friends coming from afar: is this not a delight.” “I transmit, I invent nothing. I trust and love the past.”
“Authority without generosity, Ceremony without reverence, Mourning without grief, These, I cannot bear to Contemplate.” Confucius
Five Relations • Ruler - Subject • Father - Son • Husband - Wife • Older Brother - Younger Brother • Friend - Friend
Redeeming of Names • “If the gentleman is careful, accurate, clear and practical in his speech, then others will have a good lead to follow. If he is casual, unclear or unrealistic in what he says, the others will be confused”
Mencius(372-289 BC) • Human Nature
“The tendency of human nature to do good is like that of water to flow downward. There is no man who does not tend to do good; there is no water that does not flow downward.” From the Mencius