That sounds rather Orientalistic, and at least partially based on mistranslation of what "shame" means in Chinese. Mencius said about what one should desire:
> 仰不愧於天, 俯不怍於人 - Looking up, no shame toward the heaven; looking down, no shame facing others.
That is, Confucian "shame" is not something you feel when you are found out. It's what you feel when you look inward at yourself, in front of the heaven. It's closer to what Europeans would call "sin".
> 仰不愧於天, 俯不怍於人 - Looking up, no shame toward the heaven; looking down, no shame facing others.
That is, Confucian "shame" is not something you feel when you are found out. It's what you feel when you look inward at yourself, in front of the heaven. It's closer to what Europeans would call "sin".