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OCTOBER 7TH
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Question #2:
What are the similarities and differences between
Legalist and Confucius philosophy?
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What is emphasized in legalism?
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SYNTHESIS: What are the similarities
and differences between Legalist and
Confucius philosophy?
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LET’S REVIEW LEGALIST
PHILOSOPHY
What is emphasized in legalism?
HAN FEI (D. 233 BCE)
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Legalist philosopher
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Chinese philosopher of the
Warring States period who
emphasized the rule of law
as a base for society and
government.
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Emphasizing that the
autocrat (strong ruler) will be
able to achieve firm control
over the state with the
mastering these
methodologies: his position
of power (勢, Shì); technique
(術, Shù), and law (法, Fǎ).
LI SI (D. 208 BCE)
•
Politician and Legalist philosopher
of the Qin dynasty
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He served as the Chancellor (or Prime
Minister) of the Qin dynasty from 246–208 BC,
•
well known Legalist writer,
politician, and calligrapher
•
He served under two rulers: Qin Shi
Huang, (the First Emperor of the Qin
dynasty & Qin Er Shi (Qin Shi
Huang's youngest son and the
Second Emperor)
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responsible for the creation of
those institutions that made the Qin
dynasty the first super power in
Chinese history  He unified the
laws, governmental rules, and
weights and measures 
STANDARDIZATION: writing and
cultural unification of China
CONFUCIANISM
•
Confucius (the Latinized version of Kong Fuzi,
“master Kong”) (551-479 BCE)
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Zhou kingdom disintegrated into many
independent feudal states  Zhou kings had
little control  lived during the Waring Period
•
Confucius was a man of the small feudal
state of Lu
•
Confucius traveled among the states during
the warring states period Political advisor
and official to feudal rulers and taking on
students whom he would teach for a fee.
•
Confucius had an unsuccessful career as a
politician, but a highly successful teacher
•
A couple of generations after his death, firstand second-generation students gathered
accounts of Confucius’ teachings together.
These anecdotes and records of short
conversations go under the English title of the
Analects.
MENCIUS (MENGZI, OR MENG KE)
•
Supporter of Confucianism
•
Living in the fourth century BCE, about
one hundred years after Confucius
•
Pointed out contradiction of
Confucianism during the Warring States
period : ideal of a peaceful, unified,
hierarchical feudal kingdom and the
reality of nearly constant warfare
between independent feudal states
•
Like Confucius, Mencius offered his
services to feudal lords.
•
Also like Confucius, Mencius had a more
successful career as a teacher than as
an official.
How did the Waring States period
affect the policies and structure of
the Qin Dynasty?
SELECTIONS FROM THE CONFUCIAN
ANALECTS:
“…The noble person concerns himself with the root; when the root is established, the
Way is born. Being filial and fraternal — is this not the root of humaneness?”
“Lead them by means of regulations and keep order among them through
punishments, and the people will evade them and will lack any sense of shame.
Lead them through moral force (de) and keep order among them through rites (li),
and they will have a sense of shame and will also correct themselves.”
“Wealth and honor are what people desire, but one should not abide in them if it
cannot be done in accordance with the Way. Poverty and lowliness are what
people dislike, but one should not avoid them if it cannot be done in accordance
with the Way. If the noble person rejects humaneness, how can he fulfill that name?
The noble person does not abandon humaneness for so much as the space of a
meal. Even when hard-pressed he is bound to it, bound to it even in time of danger.”
“The noble person is concerned with rightness; the small person is concerned with
profit.”
SYNTHESIS:
What are the similarities and
differences between Legalist and
Confusion philosophy?