China's legalists : the earliest totalitarians and their art of ruling /
Zhengyuan Fu.
- Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c1996.
- x, 177 p. ; 24 cm.
- New studies in Asian culture .
- New studies in Asian culture. .
"An East gate book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-170) and index.
Introduction -- The Legalist School -- The Primacy of Power -- Law as the Penal Tool of the Ruler -- Statecraft -- The Impact of the Legalists on the Imperial State -- The Congruence of Legalist Tenets and Orthodox Marxism-Leninism -- Conclusion. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.