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methodologies, presenting outstanding features in these developments,
and probing what has been conditioning and shaping the developments a
nd features. The main message of the paper is that the Confucian cultu
ral tradition has made its imprint deeply onto the recent Oriental sys
tems methodologies. It is then suggested that in order properly to tac
kle the recent multi-sphere transformation in the post-Confucian socie
ties, a conscious investigation of, and a critical attitude towards, t
he penetrating and profound influence of cultural tradition(s) is indi
spensable. (C) 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.