Does anybody know if Pound got any of his Confucious/Mencius through the
French Physiocrats? The Physiocrats are said to have introduced
Confucian thought to the Enlightenment. Under Quesnay they also
constituted an economic school of thought. Though the material I have
read has been somewhat contradictory, it appears that they stressed the
importance of the agrarian over the trade aspects of an economy. Some
commentators somewhat contradictorily point out that the Physiocrats
also stressed a laissez faire, anti-governmental approach to
mercantilism.
I'm familiar with Pound's connections to Fenollosa, Upward and his
possible reading of Pauthier (Stock) who probably reprises Quesnay and
the Physiocrats in his works, but does anyone know of a more direct
route from the Physiocrats to Pound?
The fact that they comprised an economic school would have appealed to
Pound. Their texts and translations would have been readily availble to
Pound. Their anti-government interference stance would have appealed to
the rightist, libertarian dimension of Pound's nature. The Physiocrats
thought was influential (along with Locke) as regards the American
founding fathers e.g. Adams and Jefferson. They've got everything going
for them yet I can't find any connection.  Carlo Parcelli    
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