Question

Read this statement from the ancient collection of Confucian teachings The Analects: To rule a country of a thousand chariots, there must be reverent attention to business, and sincerity; economy in expenditure, and love for men; and the employment of the people at the proper seasons. Which Confucian ideal is rooted in this excerpt?
1) Ren
2)Humility
3)Morality
4) Respect

Answer 1

The Confucian ideal that is rooted in this excerpt is morality.  
He said this during the sixth century B.C. in the Chou Empire. There was constant conflict within states which resulted in the decline of China’s morality. This is why he stepped in and preached the importance of morality in both personal and political life.