Considered less important than higher values such as form, saving face, conformity to custom. Present, not future, given priority. Related to one's rank. One must always defer to one of higher social rank, must always try to appear humble. Price is regarded as an index of quality.
Age means wisdom and certain privileges.
Honorific titles are always used when addressing an elder. Person of higher rank must attempt to defer to and honor specific inferiors. Means of raising family status. Obedience to authority, individual rights mean little. A moral smugness that stems from a conviction that East people are a special people with values and conditions that make them unique.