Here appear occasional jottings of my random musings. Profound or jejune, they reveal the contours of my mental universe, with world history, intellectual history, civilizations, philosophy, religion, society, knowledge, and books as some major themes. Since May 2011, this blog has been exclusively focused on Singapore. All my other reflections are now posted in "Notes from Noosphere" (see link under "Miscellany" on the right margin).
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Who is the Emperor of Singapore? 谁是新加坡皇帝?
Might George Yeo's view be derived from Chu Hsi (Zhu Xi, 朱熹), the Neo-Confucianist?
对封建纲常伦理与法制的关系,朱熹在上皇帝奏书中提出的意见说:“臣伏愿陛下深诏中外司政典狱之官。凡有狱讼,必先论其尊卑、上下、长幼、亲疏之分,而后听其曲直之辞。凡以下犯上,以卑凌尊者,虽直不右;其不直者,罪加凡人之坐。”(《戊申延和奏札一》)这里朱熹公然主张在审理狱讼时,先讲尊卑上下名分,然后管是非曲直。 甚至卑幼者虽然做得对亦不给支持,如有点错失更是罪加一等。 (source in Chinese)
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