[P2P-F] Fwd: Chinese History : "Hundred Schools of Thought" Vs "Legalism"

Sun Aug 25 05:40:46 CEST 2013

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From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson at gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 6:11 AM
Subject: Chinese History : "Hundred Schools of Thought" Vs "Legalism"
To: "econowmix at googlegroups.com" <econowmix at googlegroups.com>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_books_and_burying_of_scholars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qin_Shi_Huang

259 BC – 210 BC

Qín Shǐ Huáng is a pivotal figure in Chinese history, ushering in nearly
two millennia of imperial rule.

Qin Shi Huang outlawed and burned many books and buried some scholars
alive<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_books_and_burying_of_scholars>
.[5] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qin_Shi_Huang#cite_note-Ren-5>

"Books" at this point referred to
writings<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writings>
 on bamboo strips <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo> which were then
bound together.[note
1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_books_and_burying_of_scholars#cite_note-5>
This
contributed to the loss to history of many philosophical
theories<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_theories>
 of proper government<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philosophy_of_Government&action=edit&redlink=1>
(known
as *"the **Hundred Schools of
Thought<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Schools_of_Thought>").
The official philosophy of government
("legalism<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legalism_%28Chinese_philosophy%29>")
survived.*
*
*
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Schools_of_Thought*
*

The thoughts and ideas discussed and refined during this period have
profoundly influenced
lifestyles<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifestyle_%28sociology%29>
 and social consciousness<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_consciousness> up
to the present day in East Asian countries. The
intellectual<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual> society
of this era was characterized by itinerant scholars, who were often
employed by various state rulers as advisers on the methods
ofgovernment<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government>
, war <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War>, and
diplomacy<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomacy>
.

This period ended with the rise of the Qin
Dynasty<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qin_Dynasty> and
the subsequent purge<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_books_and_burying_of_scholars>
of
dissent.

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