Seventeen scholars from varying fields here consider the implications of Confucian concerns-self-cultivation, regulation of the family, social civility, moral education, well-being of the people, governance of the state, and universal peace-in industrial East Asia.

This collection of essays explores the ways in which Confucian traditions have shaped styles of being modern in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. It questions assumptions about the rise of industrial East Asia, at the same time exploring its ideas, norms and values.