| Sanjin Legalism have been an important force in achieving social change since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period,which greatly influenced the historical development trend of the Warring States period.Their people’s livelihood reform ideas and practice of political reform have an important historical impact on the history of the development of China’s people’s livelihood thought.Then,what kind of development process has Sanjin Legalism ’ people’s livelihood thought experienced? What are the representative ideas and concepts in different periods? What are the main characteristics of their people’s livelihood thought? How should we evaluate the historical role and historical status of their people’s livelihood ideas? This article provides a cursory exploration of the above issues in five chapters.The paper is divided into five chapters: The first chapter is about Sanjin Legalism and their people’s livelihood concerns.It discusses the formation process of Sanjin Legalism,the origin and perspective of the people’s livelihood concerns,and the stage of development of the people’s livelihood ideology.This article argues that the Jin jurists of the middle and late Spring and Autumn Period were the pioneers of Sanjin Legalism,who formed in the late Spring and Autumn Period,developed in the Warring States Period.It has experienced three stages: the early,middle and late periods;Their people’s livelihood ideas mainly originated from the social practice and ideological concept of the Long-term Reform of the Sanjin Legalism,as well as the needs of the historical development and change of the hegemonic war and the annexation war.The second chapter is about the people’s livelihood thought of Sanjin Legalism in the early and middle periods.It primarily discusses the people’s livelihood thoughts represented by Li Kui and Shang Yang respectively(Based on the dialectical concept of legalists in Sanjin Legalism).This article believes that the connotations of the people’s livelihood ideology in the policy of "enlighten the people to increase the productivity of the land","the policy of purchase surplus grain and selling it in a famine year" and <The Classic Law> advocated and implemented by Li Kui,which reflected the people’s livelihood thinking of the early Sanjin Legalism who paid attention to land economic reform,the promotion of civil power,maintaining the stability of the people’s livelihood and strengthening the rule of law.The people’s livelihood ideas of Sanjin Legalism representing Shang Yang and <The book of Lord Shang> in the middle period mainly include the following aspects: vigorously promoting the rule of law and democracy,establishing and implementing a strict relevant legal system,and opening up the "agricultural warfare" development model of the people’s livelihood society with the goal of "rich countries and strong soldiers".The third chapter is the people’s livelihood thought of the late Sanjin Legalism,mainly discusses the people’s livelihood thought of Han Fei who was the representative of the later Sanjin Legalism.This article considers that Han Fei’s people’s livelihood thought inherits Shang Yang’s propositions,and comprehensively strengthens Shang Yang’s policy ideas.He puts forward the policy of encouraging ploughing and wars and uses stricter laws to govern the people,which pushes Shang Yang’s policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business to its extreme.The fourth chapter is about the ideological characteristics of the people’s livelihood of Sanjin Legalism.Based on summarizing the people’s livelihood thinking of Sanjin Legalism,this paper propositions that the people’s livelihood thinking of Sanjin Legalism has the political orientation of promoting the people’s livelihood by political reform,the value orientation of emphasizing agriculture and restraining commerce,the development strategy of rewarding ploughing and wars and rewarding or punishing severely,the people’s livelihood ideological line of valuing the people and respecting the monarch at the same time,and the thinking principle of observing the people’s feelings and legislating.Additionally,Sanjin Legalism had a clear class stance.Chapter five is the historical evaluation of the people’s livelihood thought by Sanjin Legalism.Sanjin Legalism thought on the people’s livelihood promoted the historical development of the ancient people’s livelihood,while at the same time there were limitations.Finally,this article summarizes the advanced and limited ideas of Sanjin Legalism.This paper argues that the people’s livelihood thought of Sanjin Legalism in the Pre-Qin Dynasties has promoted the historical progress and development of Chinese people’s livelihood society.On the other hand,it has historical limitations and class limitations and points out the enlightenment significance of the people’s livelihood thought of Sanjin Legalism in the development process of people’s livelihood in China today. |
