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Legalism and Han Feizi: Strict Laws and State Power
Examine the philosophy of Legalism developed by Han Feizi, emphasizing strong central authority, strict laws, and harsh punishments.
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Classical Chinese Thought: Confucianism, Taoism, and Legalism
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Analyze the core principles, ethical frameworks, views on governance, and lasting impacts of Confucianism, Taoism, and Legalism.
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7.T2b.2.bMassachusetts Social Studies Standards · 5th Gradethe teachings of Confucius (551–479 BCE), including writings on ethics and good government, codes of proper conduct, and relationships between parent and child, friend and friend, husband and wife, and subject and ruler and the philosophy/religion of Taoism, emphasizing harmony of humanity and nature
7.T2b.2.cMassachusetts Social Studies Standards · 5th Gradethe First Emperor’s unification of China in the short Qin Dynasty (221–206 BCE) by subduing warring factions, seizing land, centralizing government, imposing strict rules, and creating, with the use of slave labor, large state building projects for irrigation, transportation, and defense (e.g., the Great Wall) and his own tomb with life-size terracotta warriors