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This text discusses the Chinese Legalists, an ancient school of Chinese philosophy which flourished during the Period of the Hundred Contending Schools (6th-3rd century B.C.E.) The school perfected the science of government and art of statecraft to a level that would have greatly impressed Machiavelli. This period and its personalities, as well as a taste of the style and spirit of the Legalists' discourse, are made accessible to the student and general reader, placing into focus the roots of the great Chinese philosophy-as-statecraft tradition. The Legalists - most famously Li Kui, Shang Yang, Shen Buhai, Shen Dao, and Han Fei - had a great impact not only on the institutions and practices of Chinese imperial tradition but also on the Maoist totalitarianism of the People's Republic of China.
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Legalist School; Chapter 3 The Primacy of Power; Chapter 4 Law as the Penal Tool of the Ruler; Chapter 5 Statecraft; Chapter 6 The Impact of the Legalists on the Imperial State; Chapter 7 The Congruence of Legalist Tenets and Orthodox Marxism-Leninism; Chapter 8 Conclusion;