Honor the King, Expel the Barbarians
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CORE DEFINITION
Under the banner of 'respecting the Zhou king and resisting foreign tribes', one could command the feudal lords. The logic of an overt scheme: political correctness. This was the 'greatest common divisor' of the Spring and Autumn period. Because this slogan was irrefutable, anyone who opposed it would be labeled a 'traitor' or 'rebel'. Through this, the state of Qi legitimately controlled other states via alliances.
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A political slogan proposed by Duke Huan of Qi and others during the Spring and Autumn period: honor the Zhou king (nominal supreme ruler) to command the feudal lords, and resist foreign tribes. It was a strategy to use the 'orthodox' banner to integrate alliances and serve real hegemony.
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