The Chinese Entrepreneurship Way

CHAPTER 1

Chinese Behavior’s Roots

Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism constitute the essence of Traditional Chinese Culture—RuDaoFo. Historically, the relationship among the three has been marked by both contention and complementarity, with Confucianism playing the more dominant role. These three philosophical traditions—known as the “Three Doctrines” or the “Three Teachings” since the Tang dynasty—have played an enormous role in shaping the mindset of the Chinese people, affecting their aesthetics, architecture, literature, and other forms of art, politics, astronomy, and medicine. In fact, it is evident that China owes its long-standing survival to two factors: the community of values and principles fostered among its population and its government ...