Well they could take new ideas from them, but it's much easier said than done. The philosophical, historical and cultural framework that allowed the thought of

Well they could take new ideas from them, but it's much easier said than done. The philosophical, historical and cultural framework that allowed the thought of Rousseau and Hobbes to spread in the West does not exist in China. Interestingly this also partly explains why totalitarian Communism spread easily in China... Chinese culture was conducive to that philosophy.