Is a person's consistently favorable or unfavorable evaluations, feelings, and tendencies toward an object or idea.

I believe the answer is: Attitude

Attitude would be considered as favourable if it helps the individual in facing the obstacles in their life and would seen as unfavourable if it stray them away from their goals. For example,. self deprecating and whining are a form of attitude that considered to be unfavourable when people are facing a certain type of crisis.

it teaches readers about an interesting chinese custom and causes them to determine that the minister is trying to be polite

in an absolute  monarchy, the  monarchrules as an autocrat, with absolutepower  over the state and government — for example, the right to rule by decree, promulgate laws, and impose punishments. the  monarch isnominally sovereign but the electorate, through their legislature, exercise political sovereignty.