American economist Alan Blinder famously characterized the rhetorical style of bureaucrats – an umbrella term denoting unelected officials holding administrative, technical, and managerial positions – as “secretive, cryptic, [sic] using
Confucian Rhetoric: Among the Hundred Schools of Thought, Confucianism, also known as Ru xue (lit. “humanism”) or Ruism, arguably played the most significant role in shaping the Chinese rhetorical tradition.
The Warring States and the Hundred Schools of Thought The core of classical Chinese philosophical tradition emerged during a tumultuous period of ancient Chinese history, during which the civilization