I’ve been rereading a number of your essays, Godfree, and am struck once again by China’s astute prescience, her assessment of her own weaknesses, lacunae, that would inevitably be exploited by the U.S. in the passage of time, so needed redress. Far sightedness is what will enable China to trump Tump and the next Trumps.
By the time a young official gets his first promotion he has absorbed all the lessons in the Records of the Court Historian and a dozen commentaries on Mencius and his contribution to governance. That's a minimum. They don't waste experience like we do. They're a growing, learning, adapting civilization.
I’ve been rereading a number of your essays, Godfree, and am struck once again by China’s astute prescience, her assessment of her own weaknesses, lacunae, that would inevitably be exploited by the U.S. in the passage of time, so needed redress. Far sightedness is what will enable China to trump Tump and the next Trumps.
By the time a young official gets his first promotion he has absorbed all the lessons in the Records of the Court Historian and a dozen commentaries on Mencius and his contribution to governance. That's a minimum. They don't waste experience like we do. They're a growing, learning, adapting civilization.
Meanwhile, here at home...
Are the Records of the Court Historian accessible to all Chinese citizens?
They're even available to us: https://www.amazon.com/Records-Grand-Historian-Qin-Dynasty/dp/0231081693/ref=sr_1_2?crid=31AKPPEFLA4KM&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.VWg5iR1SYM0s3NXdb6VxkhSi0p4tXG3Zh-5wRFT-TT3GjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.wnaZ_dAgdBbQQ0FUi4YED8eeNNn80Atcfcp6oIyguYA&dib_tag=se&keywords=china+record+of+the+court+historian+sima+quan&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1777844251&s=books&sprefix=china+record+of+the+court+historian+sima+quan%2Cstripbooks%2C400&sr=1-2