Legalism Han Feizi: The Mandate Of Rule In China

Everyone knows that we need a good leader that knows how to rule. Some people think that we should go back to the old rules and be strict. Well back in China they had 500 years of war which caused them to throw the whole country in disorder.Along with war, Mandate of Heaven and Feudalism. Now the Mandate of Heaven was a power that controlled human destiny.Also the King was the son of Heaven according to China and as long as he governed his people well, Heaven gave him the right to rule. Unless he didn't govern well, the Heaven would send signs of its displeasure, such as earthquakes and floodsThis all made the Chinese leaders start to think and to ask questions about the best way to keep order in society. After a lot of thinking, they came
On the other hand, it was not very productive, not efficient and not effective.I think that the perfect teacher would have 20% Daoism. The creator of Legalism Han Feizi lived from 280 to 233 B.C.E. and was a prince of the royal family of the state of Han. "Legalism believed that most people are naturally selfish"(5).And so they needed to enforce strict and reward those who followed. "These rulers wanted to build a strong central government and a well-organized society"( Bert Bower 5). There are pros to legalism. You get "rewarded for good behavior" (Bert Bower 5) and it was effective and got the job done. On the other hand, it was a harsh environment, you got punished for bad behavior, property and physical damage. This shows why I think that the perfect teacher should have 10% Legalism. Now I like how Confucianism kept things in order, I like how Daoism was a calm environment and I like how people got rewarded for good behavior..And if I could make the perfect teacher it would be 10% legalist 70% Confusican 20% Daoist.This would be a perfect teacher because they would be a little bit leading but still have freedom to let you go out the box and still have you follow the rules not to be strict and have a calm