Hadou - What is it?

A political way carried out by a hegemon through force. It is opposed to the Kingly Way, which governs through benevolence and love. Mencius, a Confucian scholar from the Warring States period in China, made a clear distinction between the Kingly Way and the Hegemonic Way, rejecting the latter. Hegemony means leader. During the Spring and Autumn period, when the Zhou royal family was in decline, powerful feudal lords used the name of the Zhou royal family to boast of their own power. The leader of such lords was called a hegemon. Representatives of this, Duke Huan of Qi and Duke Wen of Jin, were the object of admiration for the feudal lords at the time, but Mencius criticized them as "followers of Zhongni (Confucius), no one speaks ill of Huan and Wen."

[Kenjiro Tsuchida]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

覇者が力によって行う政道。仁愛(じんあい)によって統治する王道に対する。中国、戦国時代の儒者である孟子(もうし)は、王道と覇道を峻別(しゅんべつ)し、後者を否定した。覇とは長(かしら)の意。周(しゅう)の王室が衰微した春秋時代、有力諸侯が周王室の名を借りて己の権勢を誇った。その長を覇者という。この代表である斉(せい)の桓(かん)公、晋(しん)の文公は当時の諸侯のあこがれであったが、孟子はこの両者を「仲尼(ちゅうじ)（孔子(こうし)）の徒、桓文の事を道(い)う者無し」と批判した。

［土田健次郎］

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