Vietnamese deference, hierarchy, indirect confrontation, nationalistic, family-ancestor. American beliefs about themselves America as a moral example. U.S. is the City on the Hill, the Chosen People. Defenders of Freedom. Vietnamese culture Shaped by Chinese Confucianist culture.
Universal harmony prevails when men act according to the universal moral order.
Confucianism is essentially conservative, although a ruler could lose his Mandate of Heaven if the cosmos were not in order. In reality, however, the emperor was surrounded by sycophants, frequently isolated and unresponsive to the needs of society. Hierarchical, vertical, reciprocal. Importance of burial sites. We had to destroy the country to save it.