The Research Of The Relationship Between Pre-Qin Legalist School And Military School

The Origin of the pre-Chin philosophers has been a long-term controversial issue in thought history.The pre-Chin Legalist School thought has the biggest influence on the actual political,and there’s a variety of views on the origin of Legalist School.The Legalist School’s utilitarian values,practical rational thinking way and pragmatic attitude,are very similar to the pre-Chin Military Strategist School.The Legalist School’s some specific policies,such as the absolutism,punishment,and as well as obscurantism,had intricate relationship with the Military Strategist.This similarity of Legalist School and the Military is not accidental,elder scholars have paid attention to it yet,and made a certain research results.The relations about pre-Chin Legalist School and Military School,in a first consistency in the produce origins: in ancient times the military and the penalty was not divided,in ZHOU LI the Sima responsibilities had Legalism factors,Military School and Legalists were rooted in the utilitarian tradition of Chi and Jin,early legist was almost seen as military commander.These factors combined,illustrate the Legalist School and the Military had the same source.Legalism and military of the contact,also reflects embodiment ideology on the similarity and inheritance,especially in the esteem of both utilitarian.Common ideological system architecture the two has the same potential.Legalist and Military Strategists were not only inextricably linked,the Legalist School’s political reform movement in the Warring States period,also benefit from the Military School.First,the social change theory as the Legalist political reform’s theoretical based from the enemy facilities to change thinking of the military commander;Second,the art of Legalism advocated the ideology of absolute monarchy and the method of controlling ministers came from the Military School;Third,The Legalists advocated the "law " prototype appeared in army,military exploits title system,reward and punishment system,even the Shiwu implicated and obscurantist policy and other important system also comes from the army.The origin connection of Legalist School and Military is reflected not only in the direct contact,the war and military transformation,was the important power of Spring and Autumn and the Warring States period led to the social structure and social ideological transition.In Warring States period,the prevalence of utilitarian thought driven from the Military School,Legalism generation,was also dependent on the social soil.So,war and Military School have created a suitable environment for the Legalist School’s production.If we are not limited to the division of the different schools of thought by Han Dynasty,the Military Strategy School and Legalist School can be considered as the thought that under the same ideological system,the difference between them is just the attention in the field of different widths.When the Military Strategists expanded his concern areas to the political level,he inevitably became Legalists,and through the Legalist school’s reform practice,Indirectly produced far-reaching effect on politics.Therefore,the pre-Chin Military School’s influence was not only in the military field,but also had great influence on the ancient Chinese political thought and practice,Legalism School is just a result of this influence.The position of pre-Chin Military School in history of ideas,is worthy re-evaluation.The role of Military thought played in Chinese history,should cause us to pay more attention to this.