Peng Posted December 28, 2008 at 10:50 PM Report Posted December 28, 2008 at 10:50 PM I read this article and impressed that Japanese borrowed 経済 (economy) from Cao Pi's dictum, "經世濟民". Upon further investigation, I found the word keizai (経済, economy) appears to have been adopted from a dictum by Cao Pi, founder of the Wei Dynasty in the 3rd century A.D., that goes keisei zaimin (経世済民, "maintain order in the world and the people will be relieved"). So the concept for "economy" is condensed from a wise, ancient ruler's observation that social stability benefits people's lives. I looked up "經世濟民" and it said it's from Ge Hong (葛洪) who wrote Baopuzi (抱朴子). Anyone can verify this claim? Quote
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