Fajia

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Fajia is the Chinese philosophical school of Legalism, which emphasizes strict laws, centralized authority, and pragmatic governance to maintain social order.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese philosophical school ⓘ
Legalism ⓘ
school of political philosophy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Chinese Legalism ⓘ
Legalist school ⓘ
linked to: Legalism
associatedWith Han Fei ⓘ
Li Si ⓘ
Shang Yang ⓘ
Shen Buhai ⓘ
Shen Dao ⓘ
contrastedWith Confucianism ⓘ
Daoism ⓘ
linked to: Taoism

Mohism ⓘ
coreConcept fa (law) ⓘ
shi (positional power) ⓘ
shu (technique) ⓘ
countryOfOrigin China ⓘ
emphasizes harsh and predictable punishments ⓘ
impersonal and publicly known laws ⓘ
standardized rewards and punishments ⓘ
state power over individual interests ⓘ
historicalPeriod Warring States period ⓘ
influenced Qin dynasty political system ⓘ
influencedBy earlier administrative practices in Chinese states ⓘ
language Classical Chinese ⓘ
legacy long-term influence on Chinese legal and administrative institutions ⓘ
mainTenet centralized authority ⓘ
emphasis on strict laws ⓘ
pragmatic governance ⓘ
use of law to maintain social order ⓘ
method standardization of laws and measures ⓘ
use of punishments to deter disobedience ⓘ
use of rewards to encourage compliance ⓘ
opposes hereditary privilege without merit ⓘ
rule by moral charisma alone ⓘ
philosophicalFocus administration and bureaucracy ⓘ
control of ministers by the ruler ⓘ
statecraft ⓘ
politicalGoal centralization of power in the ruler ⓘ
maintaining social order ⓘ
strengthening the state ⓘ
region Ancient China ⓘ
textualTradition Book of Lord Shang ⓘ
Guanzi (Legalist sections) ⓘ
Han Feizi ⓘ
linked to: Han Fei
viewOnHumanNature pessimistic view of human self-interest ⓘ
viewOnRuler ruler should be authoritative but personally withdrawn ⓘ
viewOnSociety people should be guided by law rather than moral persuasion ⓘ

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