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1. You are a ruler of a small state in late Zhou/Chou China interviewing traveling scholars for the post of chief advisor. Your most recent applicant was a disciple of the school of Confucius and Mencius. To help you decide whether to give him a post in your government, discuss what elements in his teachings appeal to you as political ideology; which appeal to you as social teachings appropriate to inculcate in the people. Finally, what elements in the Confucian's teachings would you, as a ruler, be inclined to ignore or modify?

2. On what common ground did the philosophers of the late Zhou period stand? That is, what in general did Confucianism, Legalism, Daoism, and Mohism have in common? On what points did they differ? You may wish to consider broad issues of human nature; the nature of the world/cosmos; the question of how to achieve the just and well-ordered society; and the like. In what sense were they all engaged in a common conversation?

3. Discuss the role of study......

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