Ancient Chinese literature, poetry, religious, and social beliefs heavily emphasized social harmony, as well as harmony with nature. Classical Chinese poetry is overwhelmingly about the wonders of nature, unlike Western poetry which does not focus so obsessively on this one topic. Confucius himself, who is still revered today in China, was probably a 1, and overall Chinese culture seems to have elements of both 9 and 1. Also consistent with the desires of the 9, Chinese society was the first major world civilization to unify and remain that way - China was politically unified in 221 B.C., and has not been divided for any extended period in the last two millennia. Even during periods of political chaos, the culture itself, as defined by the language, beliefs, religions, art, and poetry, were remarkably cohesive across the enormous land area that Chinese society encompassed.
China also has a strong self-preservationist cast.
For example, China has been economically self-sufficient for almost all of its history. The great wall, begun shortly after unification, also seems like a self-preservationists dream. While Chinese society is known for its early prodigious advances, it also has a lot of inertia, again a 9-like characteristic. For example, a civil servant examination system was developed over 2000 years ago to select bureaucrats based on merit. Although very innovative at the time, it also had many shortcomings, and yet survived in its basic structure until the 20th century.