A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 1 1. Question Why is popular approval necessary to transform rule into the will of the community? 2. Abstract Popular approval is necessary because it is a form of consensus formation that allows the Execution Layer to accept the judgment of the governing OS. By … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 1 1. Question Why does rule over a community require a form of approval rather than the silent obedience of the ruled? 2. Abstract Rule over a community requires a form of approval rather than the silent obedience of the ruled because silent obedience alone … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 1 1. Question Why does an approval procedure increase distrust in rule when only its form remains and its substance is lost? 2. Abstract An approval procedure increases distrust in rule when only its form remains and its substance is lost because an approval procedure … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 1 1. Question Why does the selection of a king require a dual structure of popular approval and senatorial approval? 2. Abstract The selection of a king requires a dual structure of popular approval and senatorial approval because Roman kingship could not secure stable legitimacy … Read more
1. Question Why is an interregnum-like system indispensable for the survival of the state, even though it is only a temporary measure to fill the vacancy of kingship? 2. Abstract An interregnum-like system is indispensable for the survival of the state because a vacancy in kingship is not merely the absence of a top leader. … Read more
A Problem Setting for Connecting Zhenguan Zhengyao to Machiavelli 1. Question In OS Organizational Design Theory, Zhenguan Zhengyao is treated as an important foundational text for the principles of politics in the preservation phase. Then how should the politics of the founding phase be treated? 2. Abstract Emperor Taizong of Tang, who became the model … Read more
The Structural Function of “Virtue” in Zhenguan Zhengyao 1. Question Can virtue be understood only as an ethical concept, or can it also be understood as a control variable that stabilizes a governance system? 2. Abstract In Zhenguan Zhengyao, Emperor Taizong considered virtue to be as necessary as talent for governance in the preservation phase. … Read more
A Structural Analysis of Personnel Evaluation in Zhenguan Zhengyao 1. Question Why do rewards and punishments serve as a device by which the OS, a decision-making governing institution, maintains itself? 2. Abstract In an organization, personnel evaluation, rewards, and punishments are not merely matters of human resource administration. Whom the organization rewards, whom it punishes, … Read more
1. Question If an organization gathers excellent talent, will it avoid collapse? 2. Abstract An organization does not exist simply to gather talented individuals. It exists to connect different abilities, generate productive interaction among them, and achieve results greater than what any one individual could produce alone. In reality, however, an organization does not become … Read more
A Method for Translating Zhenguan Zhengyao into Modern Organizational Theory 1. Question What kind of abstraction is necessary to translate Zhenguan Zhengyao, a classic of Eastern statecraft, into modern organizational theory? 2. Research Abstract Zhenguan Zhengyao is a record of the words and actions of Emperor Taizong of Tang (Li Shimin), the second emperor of … Read more
