Traditions and Encounters, 4th Edition (Bentley)

Chapter 8: THE UNIFICATION OF CHINA

Internet Activities: Legalism

http://www.historyteacher.net/GlobalHistory-1/Readings/TheLegalistRuler-FromHanFeizi.htm

http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/texts/hanfei.html

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Read these two excerpts from Han Feizi, a Legalist theorist. How do they compare to the Analects and the Daodejing? What would you describe as the central ideology of these two texts?
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