Legal Window at Night - Reverence for the Law

Author: Zhu Wei Yi / Country: Mainland China
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: In 1701, a Frenchman who lived in China talked about the Chinese people, calling them "a nation that fears only the emperor, loves money, and is indifferent and uncaring about all eternal themes." Is that really the case? "A hermit monk occasionally meditates before flowers, and the whole tree is filled with wild wind and flowers." The whole tree is filled with wild wind and flowers—our current state is roughly the same. Everything is changing, and the pace of change is a bit chaotic. It is said that laws can regulate chaos. But can we really abide by the laws? Do we have a tradition of respecting the law? If we don’t have such a tradition, can we start from scratch today?