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Barto posted:Ren or Ren'ai isn't the equivalent Chinese idea. It definitely has changing implications moving on from the Spring and Autumn period, especially starting in the Tang-Song eras, but it's not about obligation except in the general sense to do good. Paternalism is 父愛主義 (fu4ai4zhu3yi4) which is much more related to filial piety than Ren'ai. Noblesse oblige is a very specific ethical/legal construct that did and could not exist in ancient China. All power flowed from the emperor to those below him. The emperor is spiritually and physically connected to nature and Heaven which has given him power at the head of the natural order. There is no obligation or duty, there is only a fulfillment of what is correct. I've never really studied Chinese History, but isn't there the "Mandate of Heaven" where rulers are supposed to earn the heaven's favor by actually being good rulers?
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