That would be a further fascinating twist. I’ve spent a lot of time investigating both systems; in so far as musical harmony is the core metaphor, they both see

That would be a further fascinating twist. I’ve spent a lot of time investigating both systems; in so far as musical harmony is the core metaphor, they both seem to resolve together. But I agree that the eastern system emphasizes diversity more (at least in the classical period). Heraclitus said “out of discord comes the fairest harmony”, which is suggestive how economic competition produces economic harmony.