1. Legalism

2. Shi Huang Di  “Cracking his long whip, he drove the universe before him, swallowing up the eastern and the western Zhou and overthrowing the feudal lords”  20 years to unite the Warring States  He built in Authoritarian state.

3. Han Fei  Legalist thought.  Man is born evil, good is acquired  Strength, not kindness, is the ruler’s greatest virtue Strength, not kindness, is the ruler’s greatest virtue  In direct opposition to Confucianism

4. Tactics of “Strength”  Book burning  Abolished feudalism  Militarism  Torture  Government work projects  Death  State Sponsored Terrorism

5. The Great Wall of China  Only by having a highly centralized state were they able to achieve a work project like the Great Wall of China.

6. Wudi  141-87 BC  Education  Economics  Civil Service System