This book takes a fresh look at misinterpreted Chinese traditions from a number of perspectives, correcting some misunderstood historical 'truisms', such as the fact that the relationship between rulers and ministers in mainstream Chinese tradition was relatively reciprocal, with a pattern of 'master and friend', and that changes began in the Jin and Yuan dynasties. This book also introduces the Confucian tradition of judicial presumption of innocence and anti-incrimination from a judicial perspective. There has been a vein of continuous rebuilding of autonomous communities throughout Chinese history, and Confucian economic thought is also inclined towards the free market and has had a positive influence on the modern European physiocracy. The book also includes a discussion of the Zhou rituals as a form of unwritten customary law, an introduction to Mencius' idea of governance as a small community, and the revival of Hanfu during the Xinhai Revolution.