Confucianism

Confucian Internationalism

Relations between states should follow the same ethics as personal relations.

Confucian ethics apply to international relations. States should treat each other with the same virtues as individuals: benevolence, righteousness, and trustworthiness. War should be avoided when possible.

Within the four seas, all are brothers.

Analects, Analects 12.5

Confucian ethics extend to interstate relations.

Analects