Legalism and Confucianism

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Legalism and Confucianism

• By
• Aimee Starr Pearson

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General information

• Chinas geography helped create many different
  and numerous regions
• That made different patches of different
  cultures, customs, and languages with many people
• One boy Confucius came up with Confucianism
• Legalists were against Confucianism and didnt
  believe Confucianism. They believe Legalism was
  the way of life.

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Confucianism

• Confucianism is a code of behavior
• It had an tremendous impact on how the Chinese
  lived.
• It influenced their lives for over 2,500 years
• One virtue is that a leader should rule his
  people like a good father

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Legalism

• Legalism holds law as the supreme authority.
• The three components to it are-law,arts of the
  ruler,and legitimacy
• They believed that every one was bad by nature.

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Riddle

• My purpose was to protect China from their
  enemies and invaders.
• Alas, in my construction I killed more than I
  saved.
• What am I?