Why did the Ming court rely so heavily on imperial eunuchs like Zheng He to carry out its policies rather than on traditional Confucian officials? Why do you think that the overseas voyages were halted? Just as important, why do you think that the Yonge emperor's attempt to reinstate the traditional tributary system was abandoned? What were some of the implications of these decisions? These are questions …show more content…
They traded goods and helped to spread culture. Daoism is the philosophy that teaches that everything should be left to the natural order, it coexisted with Confucianism in China. The document states that yi said “I promote the ways of the ancient Sagely Emperors and Precocious Kings, to accord with the will of Heaven and Earth. I wish all the distant lands and foreign regions to have their proper places. Those who respond to the influences and move towards culture and not singular”. This quote coexists with when they did mention equality and said, “I look on all equally and do not differentiate between one and the