Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Dating back to early China, the Chinese term Legalism (Chinese: 法家; pinyin: fă jiā) in its broad usage refers to the historical Realpolitik of the Chinese, also termed by scholars as Chinese Realism. Its content may be readily recognized by western viewers through the Warring States period's Art of War. The academic term Realist is used more broadly to refer to any reformer or politico of Chinese history with a politically realistic, rather than only idealist Confucian bent. In the broader Confucian-dominated history most Realists could naturally be expected to be both, but during the Warring States period some such texts would be almost purely Realpolitikal. The old Realpolitik is viewed today as having worked to advance China's historically unitary state beyond feudalism.Starting in the Spring and Autumn period (771-476/403 BCE), a trend of "realistic" reformers were taken on to advance the material interest of their respective states, with the Qin state founding what is commonly thought of as the first Chinese Empire, the Qin dynasty, in 221 BCE, ending China's Warring States period. With the ascendancy and toppling of the Qin dynasty, whose legalistic administration and military capability often developed at the expense of the traditional order, "fa-jia" (translated as "school of law" or Legalism but actually having a broader possible semantic range) developed as the term for Realpolitik, having specific connotations. Most reformers of the period took little interest in the schools per se, but Qin's reformer Shang Yang was quite explicitly anti-Confucian, and famous synthesizer Han Fei not much less. Though Chinese Emperors would make use of Realkpolitik throughout history, with the historical dominance of the Confucians, who emphasized a philosophy of filial piety and rule by virtue, politic leaning toward the administrative sciences would often be obscured under the term Legalism. But the political theory developed during that formative era would still influence every dynasty thereafter."@en }
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- Legalism_(Chinese_philosophy) abstract "Dating back to early China, the Chinese term Legalism (Chinese: 法家; pinyin: fă jiā) in its broad usage refers to the historical Realpolitik of the Chinese, also termed by scholars as Chinese Realism. Its content may be readily recognized by western viewers through the Warring States period's Art of War. The academic term Realist is used more broadly to refer to any reformer or politico of Chinese history with a politically realistic, rather than only idealist Confucian bent. In the broader Confucian-dominated history most Realists could naturally be expected to be both, but during the Warring States period some such texts would be almost purely Realpolitikal. The old Realpolitik is viewed today as having worked to advance China's historically unitary state beyond feudalism.Starting in the Spring and Autumn period (771-476/403 BCE), a trend of "realistic" reformers were taken on to advance the material interest of their respective states, with the Qin state founding what is commonly thought of as the first Chinese Empire, the Qin dynasty, in 221 BCE, ending China's Warring States period. With the ascendancy and toppling of the Qin dynasty, whose legalistic administration and military capability often developed at the expense of the traditional order, "fa-jia" (translated as "school of law" or Legalism but actually having a broader possible semantic range) developed as the term for Realpolitik, having specific connotations. Most reformers of the period took little interest in the schools per se, but Qin's reformer Shang Yang was quite explicitly anti-Confucian, and famous synthesizer Han Fei not much less. Though Chinese Emperors would make use of Realkpolitik throughout history, with the historical dominance of the Confucians, who emphasized a philosophy of filial piety and rule by virtue, politic leaning toward the administrative sciences would often be obscured under the term Legalism. But the political theory developed during that formative era would still influence every dynasty thereafter.".