Legalism

differing government systems but were related in the fact that they each built and used road systems for trade, and their empires fell because they had the same problems. Each empire had their own form of government. In the Han Dynasty, legalism was used. Legalism was a strict form of government, but it wasn’t used as strictly as it was used in the previous dynasty. The Han also used confucianism for education and government. The goals for their empires government were to have one centralized…

were the emperor living in the mid Western Han dynasty, I would like to promote Confucianism as the main intellectual school to generalize in my country by considering the present domestic and foreign situations and different views of Confucianism, Legalism, and Daoism. At mid Western Han Dynasty, Xiongnu, who formed as a nomadic tribe, is one of the biggest enemies of Han dynasty. Xiongnu kept on opposing against the Han Dynasty and invaded the border area frequently. At early Western Han…

the Zhou overthrew the Shang Dynasty, this was because the Shang had become corrupt and the gods allowed them to fall. Also the period of the Zhou Dynasty is famous for the beginnings of three major Chinese philosophies: Confucianism, Taoism, and legalism. The most important comes from the Chinese philosopher Confucius, who lived from 551 to 479 BCE. Most of his sayings and teachings impacted the culture and government in the history of Ancient China. The government used His teachings as the…

progressive holiness (pages 26–35). A very helpful description of legalism is found in this chapter. The key to understanding this issue is one's heart attitude or motivation: if the motivation for following a standard is to gain favor with God, that person is a legalist. If the motivation, however, is to imitate God, to genuinely love Him, to be kind toward fellow believers and to look for Christ's return, then following a standard is not legalism (pages 36–42). Another gem in the end notes is…

1.Legalism: Before China united under the ruler Qin Shihuangdi there was a popular philosophy known as Legalism. Legalism refereed to following the laws of society and not believing in anything else. An example of the lack of beliefs was a negative view of life that people had no purpose except to be guided by the state. The influence of legalism in China was that it presumably helped citizens be more loyal and knowledgeable to the politics of the part of China they were living in, which also…

Han China was a dynasty that lasted from 206 B.C.E and lasted till 220 C.E. Their empire correlated with another empire whom were about five thousand miles away, in the Imperial Romans who lasted from 31 B.C.E to 476 C.E. Both empires had an attribute that made them similar was that they were both imperial empires, affecting the government’s structure making them both centralized. Han China and Imperial Rome were different in a sense that they chose their kings differently. Of course in Chinese…

Case Analysis 1. What are the facts in the case? John is the chief seismologist at one of the leading research facilities in North America who holds a P.H.D from one of the most prestigious university in the country. John has developed a method for predicting earthquake with 80% accuracy rate. From his investigation, he discovered that there is a 80% chance that an earthquake will occur with a magnitude of 7.3 in one of the four fault lines in southern california within two days. While three…

Chapter 5.3- Democracy and Greece’s Golden Age Pericles’ Plan for Athens: Pericles, a general, politician, and speaker, led Athens for the most part of its Golden Age. His goals were to strengthen Athenian democracy, hold and strengthen the empire, and glorify Athens. Pericles increased public officials who were paid salaries in order to achieve his first goal. During his rule, Pericles introduced direct democracy to Athens. To strengthen the Athenian empire, Athens needed a stronger navy.…

. The Spirit Movements of the Twentieth Century The Overview section of our course relates that: “Demographers of Christian Churches such as D.B. Barrett tell us in publications such as World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) that the P/C movements number something like 600 million members today. This is a truly phenomenal growth. In one century, this movement has outstripped all the rest of Protestantism together, and the Reformation dates back four centuries!” TM online) According to the…

Legalism is where you define your spirituality by how you keep God's laws. The heresies were saying that the Colossian people needed to keep their old testament rituals of the law and that they will get to heaven through their works. Paul's response to…