Legalism

These philosophies are Confucianism, Taoism and Legalism. Confucianism is a system of moral, social, and politics. The major Confucian concepts include ren , zhengming, zhong , xiao , and li. It created the Yin and Yang. Confucianism is not necessarily regarded as a religion, allowing one to be a Taoist…

In situationism it is said to be between legalism and antinomianism because there is only one law, the law of love as described by Joseph Fletcher. In this situation, he describes it between the two because with legalism decisions are based upon rules and regulations. With a legalist approach one would still execute someone if they were breaking the law, they would choose over law…

People who believed in Legalism were convinced that human natures are bad, so if an emperor wanted to lead a country successfully, he needed to use strict laws and severe punishments to control its people. Qin Shi Huangdi did not trust anyone and refused to share power with anyone, even his family. He created strict laws and cruel punishments based on Legalism. The main reason he did this was because he had conquered the 6 states and it wasn’t…

Walls have been as much a part of Chinese culture and history as the philosophies of Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism. The culture of pre-modern China highly valued walls, as they were everywhere; there was not a town with some sort of a wall around it, and “a city without a wall was as inconceivable as a house without a roof” (Turnbull 2007, 30). Walls were used as defense, and since the Chinese were so invested in using walls to protect cities and towns, why not use them to protect a large…

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a work of fiction which was set in seventeenth century in Boston. The story shows complex topics of the Puritan system in the colonial era and the idea of sin and justice. It is more than just the tale of sins, it is an intense love story between Hester Prynne and Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. The main character of the story, Hester Prynne is punished for her sin of adultery. Throughout the story, the author, Mr. Hawthorne seems to sympathize with…

administered by satraps, based its imperial system on the examples of Babylonian and the Assyrian Empires (p. 121). Roman administration had “an elaborate body of law, applicable equally to all people of the realm” (p. 138). In China, the system of Legalism that “advocated clear rules and harsh punishments as a means of enforcing the authority of the state” was later replaced by Confucianism which “actively assimilated barbarian people” (pp. 133, 136-7). In Athens, Cleisthenes established the…

8.Despite the fact that the Roman Empire was ruled by the wealthy, the deepening class conflicts of the plebeians helped bring major change to the political life of this empire. According to Strayer, “a written code of law offered plebeians some protection from abuse” (130). Furthermore, the poorer classes of society were able to “shape public policy”, through the system of public assemblies (Strayer 130). This is significant because it indicates the greater opportunities that plebeians were…

Origin of Han Dynasty (Thasmia) The end of the Qin dynasty marked the beginning of the Han dynasty. The Qin dynasty (221-206 BCE) was very short and cruel. The first emperor of the Qin dynasty, Shi Huangdi, used legalism as a method of ruling. Legalism is a method of governing in which the people are to follow laws or any violations of the laws are strictly dealt with. The legalist ways did not gain favor of the people. The brutal techniques in the legalist way of governing had produced…

“this is the beginning of filial piety” (Doc 2). Written to teach society, the Classic of Filial Piety educates all classes on how to follow Confucianism and how to honor their past. At the time, China had recently been through a harsh phase of legalism, so Confucianism provided a virtuous, beneficial light for the Chinese people. In addition to Chinese literature, Romans paid homage to their ancestors through literature. “And the grave must be honoured,” reads the poem Fasti, “appease your…

to make the Buddhist belief fit in with the already existing Chinese ideologies of Confucianism, Taoism, and Legalism. One of the Confucian scholars that was against Buddhism was Han Yu, who wrote “Memorial on Buddhism” in 819 C.E. In this he talks about when the Buddha’s finger bone was brought to China from India. He calls the bones…