HIS 9A Lecture 2: Week 2 Lecture 2 Notes
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At the late zhou, philosophers (mostly confucianism) were wandering around the states to ask for jobs. Lord shang disagree that action and think that the lord should acquire a strong state. He promoted the idea of strengthening the state. Rejection of hierarchy: equality under law (people"s position don"t matter and they should be punished the same. Further developer of legalism: han fei (d. 233 bc) and li si (d. 208 bc) Promote the use of harsh punishment and ask them to do what you want them to do. They are the student of xunzi (human nature is bad, believed in wuwei, inaction, which everything would be done eventually) The qin dynasty (the beginning of the chinese empire: begins ca. 897 in wei valley (9th century: gradual expansion of power, centralization: new units of administration, don"t have a heritage position, commanderies (jun) (ca. 400bc: new reforms under lord shang (ca. The first emperor of qin (qin shi huang di)
