Chinese Legalism and East Asian Statecraft gathers the ancient Chinese philosophers of the Legalist, Fajia, school, who argued for a strict, codified system of law and punishment administered uniformly regardless of rank as the foundation of a stable, centralized state. Legalist thought shaped the Qin dynasty's unification of China and its codes, and remained an influence, often uneasily blended with Confucian ethics, on the legal and administrative statecraft of the imperial Chinese state long after the Qin fell.
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Defining CharacteristicLegalist and statecraft thinkers of the Warring States period of China, who held that most people were fundamentally self-interested and emphasized administrative methods and universal standards. 1 Formation Year Browse By
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an intellectual, political, and philosophical orientation beginning in the Warring States period of China
Legalism (Chinese philosophy), lead section, Warring States period sentence
an intellectual, political, and philosophical orientation beginning in the Warring States period of China
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