may 23, 548 BC - Confucius, 550 BCE

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Confucian System: CONTINUITY, FLEXIBILITY AND SOCIAL MOBILITY
-Li = proper conduct according to society
-4 orders: 1. gentry and scholar officials 2. peasants 3. artisans, craftsmen, towns and city people, 4. merchants who don't produce anything
-Those of No Order: prostitutes, soldiers, actors
-Scholar Officials = professional bureaucrats to run China for Emperor
>civil servant exams = local, regional, advisor to emperor
>censorate
-Mandate of Heaven = power given from the Chinese Gods to the Emperor (validation of emperor's rule)

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