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It worked in the short run, but not in the long. In the period before the Meiji Restoration the intelligentsia were appealing to the now thoroughly culturally endorsed persona of Mengzi to argue that the world must be rectified and that may well indeed involve new government.
One plays with fire when, as an autocrat, one tried to bend the great ideals of the humanistic tradition to one’s corrupt purposes. In the long run the forceless force of gentle argument and appeal to principle may well be unstoppable, however one tries to twist it.
Anyway, right or wrong, this historical antecedent is what I’ll now have in mind when I see certain folk appeal to Martin Luther King Jnr as a defender of the status quo.
Thoughts somewhat inspired by @BryanVanNorden‘s ideas about the state sponsored revival of Confucianism in modern China.
That's really interesting - I naturally see early modern parallels!
if the historical long run here is usually longer than a human lifespan is it really still "playing with fire"?
If one wants nothing more than one's own personal wealth and power (and some do) then you can outlast it. But if one has ambitions to found a dynasty or maintain an empire then aye. The long run might happen when we're all dead, but for some future persons it's their short run.
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