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Originally Posted by komitsuki
It is that samurai's Bushido as we know is the product of Confucianism (more like neo-Confucianism) and Zen Buddhism. Both of them reinforce each other under the particular medieval Japanese political situation.
Confucianism brings the social attitude; Zen Buddhism brings the philosophical contexts of why this Confucian social attitude is justified. Both are attentively look up the role and value of what is to be a samurai historically (the military people usurped the old imperial rule).
Confucianism is not about law; it's about man's merit of being worthy to rule a state or people. Hence, modern legalism in Confucian-cultured countries does not work well straightly. And it contributes the unusually bad ups-and-downs in East Asian politics.
Overall, it is just the social system at that time that influenced this style of rule.
I don't know if I answered your question well.
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I don't know either... I really don't know much about Confuscious thought apart from the fact it emphasises social harmony and the family.