In comparison to the family the Confucian state has made a much greater positive contribution to economic development. As we have seen above, the Confucian state is an extension of the family and as such is viewed less negatively than in West. Because the state is an extension of the
Confucian family, it is also the locus of rituals and ethics the realm in which Confucian morality is practiced in a exemplary fashion. Confucian political thought also places a great emphasis on providing for the welfare of the people. Because of this tradition it was relatively easy for the state to take the