Explain the sources of instability (fragility) and stability of proper order

Write an essay to answer **ONE of the following eleven questions. Please indicate in the heading of the essay the number for the question you are answering.
1. Explain the sources of instability (fragility) and stability of proper order (sources: lectures, de Bary, Confucius, Mencius, Xun­Zi, or Zhu­Xi)
2. Explain the Confucian conception of the market and show how Confucian political economy converged and diverged from “modern” economics (sources: lectures)
3. Explain the concept (virtue) of harmony and show its significance for politics and leadership (sources: lectures, Yao)
4. Explain the ever­normal granary system and how it illustrates proper order in action (draw this from the “how” of proper order). (sources: lectures and de Bary)
5. Explain six lasting legacies of the Confucian traditions for contemporary East Asia (sources: lectures, Yao)
6. Explain the Neo­Confucian Revolution and its importance for contemporary East Asia (sources: lectures, Yao, de Bary, Zhu­xi, Wang Yang­Ming)
7. Explain the East Asian preference for informal mediation and arbitration rather than formal litigation (sources: lectures, Confucius, Mencius, or Xun­Zi)
8. Explain the problems with elites and the need for elite regulation in the East Asian tradition (sources: lectures, Mencius)
9. Americans divide politics horizontally into Conservative and Liberal. Identify the Liberal and the Conservative political ideas and show how they converge or diverge from Confucianism (sources: lectures, Mencius)

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* esponses should be six to seven pages in length. This is a minimum length and will be strictly enforced. It refers to FULL pages of text and does not count pages with large amounts of white space, title pages (which are not necessary), bibliographies, large block quotes, or anything else that is not the body or your original text. You may write more than this page minimum, but you will not receive extra credit for doing so. Please use Times New Roman (or similar), size 12 font, double spaced, 1 inch margins on all sides. DO indent at the beginning of every paragraph. DO NOT skip lines between paragraphs.