The odd thing is that the administrators and politicos behind this seem like the type who would just love the Han Feizi or the Book of Lord Shang.
The UT-Austin Core Curriculum Task Force is requiring that Gen Ed courses draw 50% of their readings from this list of 50.
Unfortunately, it seems to think that the “Great Questions of Human Life” can only be explored through the canon of Western civ (token exception: Confucius).