Legalism was one of the four main philosophies in Chinese history during the Warring States Period.
It is a political philosophy which says that people are bad by nature and need to be controlled by the government. It was introduced by Qin Shi Huang.
One of the most important contributors to Legalism was Han Fei (Chinese: 韓非). He said that a ruler must use following tools to govern a state:
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