table economic system with Confucianism at its base could exist only while two things are occurring simultaneously the economic system in place is in accordance with Confucian ideals, and this system is universal. If one of these components is not present I dont believe economic prosperity under Confucianism is possible, and that the only reason that it once was is that imperial China had only an inconsequential amount of communication with the remainder of the world, making it, in effect, universal....
