Leonid Sergeevich Vasiliev. Ethics and ritual in traditional China (№ 451903)

The root of everything is the order of things, based on strict socio-political distinctions and going back to distant sources. The basis of a stable society. Pledge of social harmony. The foundation of a prosperous state.

Quote Explanation: Distinction is a figure of speech (trope; a stylistic figure of length) through which an act of cognition is designated, reflecting an objective difference between real objects...