TY - BOOK AU - Fu,Zhengyuan TI - China's legalists: the earliest totalitarians and their art of ruling T2 - New studies in Asian culture SN - 1563247798 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - JA84.C6 F776 1996 U1 - 321/.6/01 20 PY - 1996/// CY - Armonk, N.Y. PB - M.E. Sharpe KW - Political science KW - China KW - History KW - Legalisten KW - swd KW - Politik KW - Geschichte KW - Politics and government KW - To 221 B.C N1 - "An East gate book."; Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-170) and index; 1; Introduction --; 2; The Legalist School --; 3; The Primacy of Power --; 4; Law as the Penal Tool of the Ruler --; 5; Statecraft --; 6; The Impact of the Legalists on the Imperial State --; 7; The Congruence of Legalist Tenets and Orthodox Marxism-Leninism --; 8; Conclusion ER -