2. LORD SHANG ALSO KNOWN AS GONGSUN YANG OR SHANG
YANG WAS THE PRIME MINISTER OF THE STAT OF QIN IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE FOURTH CENTURY BCE.
3. TAKING POWER OVER CONFUCIANISM.
• Back then the people thought that peasants had to learn
how to fight or be on the farm.
• Lord Shang was against Confucianism. Lord Shang
doesn’t want people to read or write because he wanted
power and not have people to overthrow him.
4. QIN SHI HUANGDI WAS THE FIRST OF THE QIN DYNASTY. HE TOOK
LORD SHANGS IDEAS IDEA OF LEGALISM AND CONCORED CHINA.
6. WHAT IT’S ABOUT
• Legalism is about giving strong punishments to light offenses.
• Quote,”” In applying punishments, light offenses should be punished heavily;
if light offenses do not appear, heavy offenses will not appear.
7. WHEN LEGALISM WAS IN POWER
• Legalism was in power during the Qin dynasty roughly around 221-206 bc.
