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Bill Toole's avatar

Actually like Japan - Tang dynasty China

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Bill Toole's avatar

This is quite brilliant - thank you so very very much 😊

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Su Wang's avatar

The way lǐ/rituals are described here made me think of Machiavelli’s notion of virtù. Both took a word that had been central to their predecessors and secretly tweaks its meaning to allow for more adaptations in a changing society.

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