The Master answered, "Never fail to comply. Fan Ch'ih was driving. The Master told him about the interview, saying, "Meng-sun asked me about being filial. I
answered, "Never fail to comply:
Fan Ch'in asked, "What does that mean?
The Master said, 'When your parents are alive, comply with the rites in serving them; when they die, comply with
the rites in burying them; comply with the rites in sacrificing to them.'
Analects 11,5
Which principle of Confucianism does this support?

d: their own individual powers within the new goverment

states

explanation:

as the old saying goes, all politics are local. state and federal governments affect our daily lives in numerous ways. yet, in our federal system, there is supposed to be a balance between federal and state power. as james madison envisioned it in federalist no. 51, “the power surrendered by the people” would be “divided between two distinct governments,” creating a balance of power that would enable the “different governments [to] control each other.”

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