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Legalism
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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.
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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
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Tactics of “Strength” Book burning Abolished feudalism Militarism Torture Government work projects Death State Sponsored Terrorism
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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.
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Wudi 141-87 BC Education Economics Civil Service System
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