Confucius's Ideal Ruler (He Actually Existed)
"Three thousand years ago, the Duke of Zhou set China a glowing example. A paragon of virtue, he spelled out a philosophy of a ruler in harmony with heaven that inspired Confucius, and" - centuries later, after the disastrous Cultural Revolution - "came to fill the ideological vacuum left behind by Chairman Mao." BBC 10/09/12

Posted October 10, 2012 12:56 AM