There is probably no figure in Chinese history or culture who is more of a lightening-rod for anti-China Western bias than Confucius.He is often stereotyped as a self-righteous,backward-looking,rule-bound supporter of...There is probably no figure in Chinese history or culture who is more of a lightening-rod for anti-China Western bias than Confucius.He is often stereotyped as a self-righteous,backward-looking,rule-bound supporter of rigid hierarchical social structures,while his Analects is often portrayed as a collection of moralistic pieties,reminiscent of the“few precepts”that the comically sanctimonious Polonius delivers to his son Laertes in Hamlet.展开更多
文摘There is probably no figure in Chinese history or culture who is more of a lightening-rod for anti-China Western bias than Confucius.He is often stereotyped as a self-righteous,backward-looking,rule-bound supporter of rigid hierarchical social structures,while his Analects is often portrayed as a collection of moralistic pieties,reminiscent of the“few precepts”that the comically sanctimonious Polonius delivers to his son Laertes in Hamlet.
