儒家文化，因其极不富有侵略性，只靠自身的魅力发散而不像欧美列强那样以坚船利炮远及海外，所以基本上只影响了中国的周遭数国。这其中，日本是经济奇迹，第一个跻身发达国家；香港特区、台湾地区、新加坡、韩国继之，四小龙相继跻身发达国家；然后是中国奇迹。现在，则大家共同看好越南。
After Vietnam, there will be no economic weak in the Confucian cultural circle.
越南之后，儒家文化圈，将再无经济的弱者。
The people who are imbued with Confucian culture still have some unique temperament, which makes people feel that they are Confucian people. The temperament of people coming out of the Confucian cultural circle that is meaningful to the economy is probably the following：
儒家文化圈浸染出来的人，还是有一些独特的气质，让人感到这就是儒家的人。儒家文化圈里出来的人，对经济有意义的气质大概是以下几点：
First, discipline and order. Confucianism stresses order most. People cultivated by Confucianism should obey their parents at home and their superiors outside.
一是纪律和秩序。儒家最讲秩序，儒家培养出来的人，在家要服从父母，在外要服从上级。
Second, attach importance to education. No matter how poor you are, you should afford education. Do everything possible to let children go to school, which is almost the consensus of all people in the Confucian cultural circle.
二是重视教育。再穷不能穷教育。千方百计也要让孩子上学，这差不多是所有儒家文化圈人的共识。
Take East Asia as an example, China, Japan and South Korea rank among the highest in the world in terms of investment in higher education.
以东亚为例，中国、日本、韩国在高等教育方面的投入比例位居世界前列。