Word: confucianism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Dinh Diem is no democrat by instinct; he remains aloof from the masses in the tradition of a mandarin who follows the ancient Confucian code of a divinely guided prince. "A sacred respect is due the person of the sovereign. He is the mediator between the people and heaven as he celebrates the national cult," he once wrote. A chain-smoking bachelor, he runs things his way, taking advice only from a few aides and his tight-knit family; his closest adviser is a brother who has an office in the palace. All departmental reports go to Diem's office...