Legalist Thought and the Legalist Spirit - (Revised Edition)

Author: Wu Shuchen, Li Li
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: The Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods were the axial age in the history of Chinese culture. At that time, various schools of thought emerged, and there was a vibrant intellectual ferment, with academic culture highly developed. Just as ancient Greek philosophy is the source of Western philosophical thought, the pre-Qin schools of thought were the source of Chinese intellectual development for two thousand years. The statecraft of the Legalists was adopted by rulers of successive dynasties, and there must be reasonable elements in it. The Legalist thought and spirit must contain essence. These offer much that can be for our "governing the country according to law and building a socialist rule of law country" today. Even the dross part of it is not without benefit for us in enhancing our understanding, further eliminating feudal remnants, and accelerating the construction of socialist democracy and the rule of law.