The Dao of politics: Li (Ritual/Rites) and laws as pragmatic tools of government

• Main Author: TAN, Sor-hoon
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: Asian Studies; Political Science
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3269; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4526/viewcontent/THE_DAO_OF_POLITICS__LI__RITUALS_RITES__AND_LAWS_AS_PRAGMATIC_TOOLS_OF_GOVERNMENT.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

American philosopher John Dewey spent more than two years in China (191 During and after his visit, he wrote some fairly perceptive and insightful comme on China. These were published in periodicals such as the New Republic, As the China Review, and sometimes in newspapers such as the Baltimore Sun ever, there is hardly any discussion of Chinese philosophy in Dewey's publ works or even his papers and correspondence. Among his rare mentions of C philosophy was an article published in 1922, "As the Chinese Think," w cussed the teachings of Lao Zi and Confucius (M13:217-27).1 This was an att improve Western (or at least American) understanding of Chinese attitude tions in international negotiations and business. It describes the influence of cianism and Daoism as merging "to create a definite contempt for politics aversion to government as the West understands the term" (M13:225). It goe describe the Chinese polity in these words