While it was used to correlate three dimensions in other western style cultural surveys, it had a fourth dimension unrelated to anything found with Western surveys — “Confucian dynamism” (referring to the teachings of Confucius). In practical terms, this refers to long-term vs short-term orientation of life and is composed of the following values. On the long-term orientation axis we have:
persistence (perseverance)
ordering relationships by status
thrift
having a sense of shame