Pre - Qin Confucian Rule Of Law Strategy Of Comparative Study

The political ideology of Confucians and legalists in pre-Qin dynasties constructs the main body of Chinese feudalistic culture. It makes a great effect on Chinese society. The keynote is to diging their logical relation and combining point through analying and comparing their differences and demonstrates the reasonable character,practical character and effectual character of their combining.It can offer some advice for today. The political ideology of Confucians and legalists in pre-Qin dynasties is contradictory. This contradictoriness is shown between "moral administration" ,"ethics administration" and "personal administration" of Confucians and the "legal administration "of legalists. The core contradictoriness of "moral administration" and "legal administration" is how to conducting the relation of moral and law. The thought of "moral administration" is that moral is the primary way to administrater the state, law is secondary. The thought of "legal administration" is severer legality is the most important. The contradictoriness of "ethics administration" and "legal administration" is their different applicable area. "Ethics administration" offend the benefits of the whole noble; "legal administration" emphasizes the authority of the king. The contradictoriness of "personal administration" is that person and law who is primary. "Personal administration" emphasizes the important use of person. The thought of it is "the emphasis of political is person" ," the recommendation of capable person " and "refreshing oneself" . " Legal administration" emphasizes that law is every ing. Though the political ideology of Confucians and legalists is contradictory, they are also the supplementary of each other. Combining them together is effective. The origin reason of their difference is the different history viewpoint and the essence of person.